All My Lifes A Circle chords by Harry Chapin

1. The chords are simple, and these are the patterns I use:

verse:   B'-B"-3-2-B'-1-B"-3
chorus: B'-B"-3-1-B'-B"-3-2

B' represents the primary bass note (usually the root)
B" represents the secondary bass note (usually the 5th, but sometimes the
3rd or even root up an octave)

So, for a C shord, the verse would be 5-4-3-2-5-1-4-3
For a G chord, the verse would be 6-4-3-2-6-1-4-3

2. If the root is non conventional, it is notated in parentheses, i.e.
Am7(G) is an Am7 chord with a G root, instead of an A root.

3. Time notation:

Each bar (between the slashes) represents one measure of 4/4 time.  Since
the patterns are all 8th notes, one pattern fits in a bar.  Convenient,
huh?  This only gets tricky when there are two chords in a barre.
Luckily, they are always two-beat chords, so do the first half of the
pattern with the first chord, and the second half with the second chord.


4. get it? got it? good.



5. Anyway, here are the chords:

/G                   /Gmaj7 /Gmaj6              /Am7
All my life's a circle, ...

      /Am7 -   Am7(G)         /D9(F#)
/G                      /Gmaj7
The moon rose through the ....

/G                   /Gmaj7 /Gmaj6               /Am7
All my life's a circle, ...

/Am7 -   Am7(G)         /D9(F#)   /C  -       D9(F#)/  G   /Gmaj7
Seasons spinning round ...





Anyway, I rushed this off, so they're probably inconsistencies or typos,
but I think all the chords are right.  BTW, I play it at Capo III or V,
depending on who's singing with me.  Capo V's probably best, but you're
more likely to be in Capo III from a previous song......


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