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Kris Kristofferson - The Circle Chords

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The Circle Chords

(ver. 1)
Kris Kristofferson
The Circle (Song for Layla al-Attar and Los Olvidados)
written by Kris Kristofferson


INTRO: D

D
Who killed this woman, this artist, this mother
                                         A
Who broke the candle and snuffed out her light

Along with her husband and wounded her children
                                       D
And sauntered away like a beast in the night
 
D
Not I, said the solider, I just followed orders
                            A
It was my duty to do my job well

Not I, said the leader who ordered the slaughter
                                         D
I'm saddened it happened but then war is hell


Not us, said the others who heard of the horror
And turned a cold shoulder on all that was done
In all the confusion a single conclusion
The circle of sorrow has only begun (and in Argentina)


D                                                             A
Straight to the cirlce on Sunday, down thru the canyons they come
                                                                         D
Bearin' names of their mothers and daughters, names of their fathers and sons
                                           G
Stolen away with no warnin', never to ever return
              D       A7                     D
On El Rio del Muerto, all of the bridges are burned


BRIDGE:
G                                       D
Los Desaparecidos, lost in the darkness alone
A                                                                             D
Gone from the face of the Earth with no trace left behind them to mark with a stone
        G                                      D
And the faces of Los Olvidados, only survivors recall
A                                                       D
But for the pain and the heartbreak, did they matter at all


SOLO: D  A  D


D                                               A
Slowly the circle of sadness spins in the Plaza Mayor
                                                                     D
Lonesome remains of the madness and pain in a world gone insane in a war
                                                          G
And a song for the broken survivors, dancing alone in the dark
                        D          A7                  D
With the silence of Los Olvidados, like a hole in the heart


BRIDGE 
            
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