THE WINDMILLS OF YOUR MIND - Noel Harrison
Written by Michel Legrand
Original capo 2 later versions by Noel Harrison no capo.
(Intro)
Dm/F Abdim(Ab,D,Ab,B,F,Ab Bar4) A7(5 bar)
Dm/F
Round, like a circle in a spiral,
Gm6/Bb (x.Bb,E,G,D,E)
like a wheel within a wheel
A7
Never ending or beginning
Dm/F
on an ever spinning reel
D7
Like a snowball down a mountain
Gm(bar 3)
or a carnival balloon
C7(bar3)
Like a carousel that's turning,
Fmaj7(Am/F)
running rings around the moon
Bbmaj7(bar1)
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Gm6/Bb (x.Bb,E,G,D,E)
past the minutes of its face
A7
And the world is like an apple
Abdim (bar4)
whirling silently in space
A7 (bar5)
Like the circles that you find
Dm/F
in the windmills of your mind
Like a tunnel that you follow
Gm6/Bb (x.Bb,E,G,D,E)
to a tunnel of its own
A7
Down a hollow to a cavern
Dm/F
where the sun has never shone
D7(/F#)
Like a door that keeps revolving
Gm
in a half-forgotten dream
C7
Or the ripples from a pebble
Fmaj7
someone tosses in a stream
Bbmaj7
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Gm6/Bb
past the minutes of its face
A7
And the world is like an apple
Abdim
whirling silently in space
A7
Like the circles that you find
Dm/F
in the windmills of your mind
Dm/F
Keys that jingle in your pocket,
D7 Gm
words that jangle in your head
C7
Why did summer go so quickly?
Fmaj7
Was it something that you said?
F7
Lovers walk along the shore
Bbmaj7
and leave their footprints in the sand
E7
Is the sound of distant drumming
Am
just the fingers of your hand?
D7
Pictures hanging in a hallway
Gm
and the fragment of a song
C7
Half-remembered names and faces,
Fmaj7
but to whom do they belong?
Bbmaj7
When you knew that it was over,
Gm6
you were suddenly aware
A7
That the autumn leaves were turning
Dm/F
to the colour of her hair
Dm/F
A circle in a spiral,
Gm6/Bb
a wheel within a wheel
A7
Never ending or beginning
Abdim
on an ever spinning reel
Dm/F
As the images unwind,
A7
like the circles that you find
Dm/F
in the windmills of your mind
Transcribed by Trevor Marshall
