Michel Legrand - The windmills of your mind
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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