Chords with lyrics
Circle of Steel
Gordon Lightfoot - Writer
Gordon Lightfoot - Performer
Album - Gord's Gold
(Capo 3rd Fret)
Intro: 
D MajorD 
G+G 
A5A5 
C majorC D MajorD
D MajorD C majorC
Rows of lights in a circle of steel
D MajorD G+G
Where you place your bets on a great big wheel
D MajorD C majorC G+G
High windows flickerin' down through the snow
D MajorD
A augmentedA time you know
D MajorD G+G A5A5
Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round
C majorC D MajorD
Everybody's in step with the season
(Same Cord Progression Rest of Song)
A augmentedA child is born to a welfare case
Where the rats run around like they own the place
The room is chilly, the building is old
That's how it goes
The doctor's found on his welfare round
And he comes and he leaves on the double
Deck The Halls was the song they played
In the flat next door where they shout all day
She tips her gin bottle back till it's gone
The child is strong
A augmentedA week, a day, they will take it away
For they know about all her bad habits
Christmas dawns and the snow lets up
And the sun hits the handle of her heirloom cup
She hides her face in her hands for a while
Says look here child
Your father's pride was his means to provide
And he's servin' three years for that reason
Rows of lights in a circle of steel
Where you place your bets on a great big wheel
High windows flickerin' down through the snow
A augmentedA time you know
Sights and sounds of the people goin' 'round
Everybody's in step with the season
O O O O
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A5A5
Merry Christmas!
Rick Schuler
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Other versions of Circle Of Steel
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