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The Windmills of Your Mind. Written by the French composer Michel Legrand and the English lyrics written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman USA. It was the soundtrack of the 1968 film "The Thomas Crown Affair". It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, A version by Sting was used in the 1999 remake of The Thomas Crown Affair. *** The secret of this song right pitch resides on the chords structure *** Em/B 779987 Em/G 005450 B7/F# 224242 Am7 505500 E7 020130 D7 557575 Bbdim/C# 000656 C7 335353 Gmaj7 10.10.10.12.11.12.10 Am 577555 F#7 004320 Am6 0.9.10.9.10.0 B7 797877 Bm 799777 Cmaj7 335453 *** The secret of this song right pitch resides on the chords structure *** [Intro] Am6 B7 Em/B [Verse]
Em/GRound, like a circle in a spiral B7/F#Like a wheel within a wheel
[Verse]
B7/F#Never ending or beginning Em/GOn an ever spinning reel
[Verse]
E7Like a snowball down a mountain Am7Or a carnival balloon
[Verse]
D7Like a carousel that's turning Gmaj7Running rings around the Moon
[Chorus]
Cmaj7Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Am6Past the minutes of its face B7And the world is like an apple Bbdim/C#Whirling silently in space B7Like the circles that you find Em/BIn the windmills of your mind
[Verse]
Em/GLike a tunnel that you follow B7/F#To a tunnel of its own
[Verse]
B7/F#Down a hollow to a cavern Em/GWhere the sun has never shone
[Verse]
E7Like a door that keeps revolving Am7In a half-forgotten dream
[Verse]
D7Or the ripples from a pebble Gmaj7Someone tosses in a stream
[Chorus]
Cmaj7Like a clock whose hands are sweeping Am6Past the minutes of its face B7And the world is like an apple Bbdim/C#Whirling silently in space B7Like the circles that you find Em/BIn the windmills of your mind
[Verse]
Em/GKeys that jingle in your pocket Am7Words that jangle in your head
[Verse]
D7Why did summer go so quickly? Gmaj7Was it something that you said?
[Verse]
Gmaj7Lovers walk along the shore Cmaj7And leave their footprints in the sand
[Verse]
F#7Is the sound of distant drumming? BmJust the fingers of your hand
[Verse]
E7Pictures hanging in a hallway AmAnd the fragment of a song
[Verse]
D7Half-remembered names and faces Gmaj7But to whom do they belong?
[Verse]
C7When you knew that it was over Am6You were suddenly aware B7That the autumn leaves were turning Em/BTo the color of her hair
[Verse]
Em/GLike a circle in a spiral B7/F#A wheel within a wheel
[Verse]
B7/F#Never ending or beginning Bbdim/C#On an ever spinning reel
[Coda]
Em/BAs the images unwind B7Like the circles that you find Em/GIn the windmills of your mind