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Verse 1:
Am Dm6
Round like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
E7sus4 E7 Am7
Never ending or beginning on an ever-spinning reel
Em7 A7 Dm7
Like a snowball down a mountain or a carnival balloon
Gsus4 G7 Cmaj7
Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon
Fmaj7 Dm6
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
Esus4 E7 D#dim7
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Esus4 E7 Am
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Verse 2:
Am Dm6
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its own
E7sus4 E7 Am7
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
Em7 A7 Dm7
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half forgotten dream
Gsus4 G7 Cmaj7
Or the ripples from a pebble someone tosses in a stream
Fmaj7 Dm6
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of its face
Esus4 E7 D#dim7
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
Esus4 E7 Am
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
Verse 3:
Am Dm7
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
G7 Cmaj7
Why did summer go so quickly? Was it something that you said?
Gm7 C7 Fmaj7
Lovers walk along a shore and leave their footprints in the sand
B7 Em7
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
A7 Dm7
Pictures hanging in a hallway or the fragment of a song
G7 Cmaj7
Half remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
Fmaj7 Dm7
When you knew that it was over, you were suddenly aware
D#dim7 E7sus4 E7 Am
That the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of her hair
Verse 4:
Am7 Dm6
A circle in a spiral, a wheel within a wheel
E7 D#dim7
Never ending nor beginning on an ever-spinning reel
Am E7sus4
As the images unwind like the circles that you find
E7 Am
In the windmills of your mind
Song History
Published: March 2, 2026
Last Updated: March 2, 2026