James Taylor

^{G Am F G Am F G Am F G Am F G Am F
C} We were ring-around-the-r ^F osy ch ^G ildren, t ^C hey were circles ^F around th ^G e sun.
^Am Never give u ^F p, ^Fmaj7 never slow do ^G wn, ^Am never grow ^F old, ^Fmaj7 never ever die you ^G ng.
^C Synchronized with the ri ^F sing m ^G oon, e ^C ven with the eve ^F ning st ^G ar,
^Am they were true lo ^F ve ^Fmaj7 written in sto ^G ne,
^Am they were never a ^F lone, ^Fmaj7 they were never that ^G far apart. ^{C F Am
F} And we who couldn't bear to be ^G lieve they might make it,
^F we got to close our ey ^G es.
^F Cut up our losses into d ^G oable doses, ^F ration our tears and si ^G ghs.
Oh, you could s ^C ee them on the street on a S ^F aturday ni ^G ght.
^C Everyone used to r ^F un them ^G down.
They're a l ^Am ittle too sw ^F eet, they'r ^Fmaj7 e a little too ti ^G ght,
^Am not enough t ^F ough for ^Fmaj7 this to ^G wn.
^C Couldn't touch them with a t ^F en-foot p ^G ole,
^C no, it didn't seem to ra ^F ttle at ^G all.
They wer ^Am e glued ^F together ^Fmaj7 body and s ^G oul,
that mu ^Am ch m ^F ore with their ^Fmaj7 backs up ag ^G ainst the w ^C all. ^{F G Am F Fmaj7
G} Oh, hold them ^Am up, h ^F old them ^G up, n ^Am ever do l ^F et them f ^G all
^Am pray to the d ^F ust and the ^G rust and the ^Am ruin that na ^F mes us
and c ^G laims us and s ^Am hames us all.
(Instrumental) F G F G F G F Am G
I gu ^C ess it had to happen ^F someday ^G soon- wa ^C sn't nothing to ^F hold them d ^G own.
^Am They would r ^F ise from among us like ^Fmaj7 a big bal ^G loon,
^Am take the s ^F ky, f ^Fmaj7 orsake the g ^G round.
^C Oh, yes, other h ^F earts were br ^G oken, y ^C eah, other dr ^F eams ran d ^G ry
but our ^Am golden o ^F nes ^Fmaj7 sail on, s ^G ail on to a ^Am nother la ^F nd ^Fmaj7 beneath a ^G nother ^C sky.
(L ^C et other he ^F arts be br ^G oken, ^C let other dr ^F eams run d ^G ry)
but our ^Am golden o ^F nes ^Fmaj7 sail on,
s ^G ail on ^Am to another l ^F and ^Fmaj7 beneath ano ^G ther s ^C ky, ^{F G Am
F} beneath a ^G nother ^C sky. ^{F E Am F Fmaj7
G} Hold them ^Am up, ho ^F ld them ^G up, h ^Am old them u ^F p, h ^G old them ^Am up, ho ^F ld them ^G up,
^A hold them ^F up
(Hold them up, don't let them fall).