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/G
Round, like a circle in a spiral
B7/F#
Like a wheel within a wheel
[Verse]
B7/F#
Never ending or beginning
Em/G
On an ever spinning reel
[Verse]
E7
Like a snowball down a mountain
Am7
Or a carnival balloon
[Verse]
D7
Like a carousel that's turning
Gmaj7
Running rings around the Moon
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Am6
Past the minutes of its face
B7
And the world is like an apple
Bbdim/C#
Whirling silently in space
B7
Like the circles that you find
Em/B
In the windmills of your mind
[Verse]
Em/G
Like a tunnel that you follow
B7/F#
To a tunnel of its own
[Verse]
B7/F#
Down a hollow to a cavern
Em/G
Where the sun has never shone
[Verse]
E7
Like a door that keeps revolving
Am7
In a half-forgotten dream
[Verse]
D7
Or the ripples from a pebble
Gmaj7
Someone tosses in a stream
[Chorus]
Cmaj7
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping
Am6
Past the minutes of its face
B7
And the world is like an apple
Bbdim/C#
Whirling silently in space
B7
Like the circles that you find
Em/B
In the windmills of your mind
[Verse]
Em/G
Keys that jingle in your pocket
Am7
Words that jangle in your head
[Verse]
D7
Why did summer go so quickly?
Gmaj7
Was it something that you said?
[Verse]
Gmaj7
Lovers walk along the shore
Cmaj7
And leave their footprints in the sand
[Verse]
F#7
Is the sound of distant drumming?
Bm
Just the fingers of your hand
[Verse]
E7
Pictures hanging in a hallway
Am
And the fragment of a song
[Verse]
D7
Half-remembered names and faces
Gmaj7
But to whom do they belong?
[Verse]
C7
When you knew that it was over
Am6
You were suddenly aware
B7
That the autumn leaves were turning
Em/B
To the color of her hair
[Verse]
Em/G
Like 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/B
As the images unwind
B7
Like the circles that you find
Em/G
In the windmills of your mind