The Windmills of Your Mind. Ukulele cover with chords - Dusty Springfield - Noel Harrison

The Windmills of Your Mind. A song with music by French composer Michel Legrand, English lyrics written by American lyricists Alan & Marilyn Bergman. The music was composed sometime around 1968, and the lyrics came afterwards...but the song (with English lyrics) was introduced in the 1968 film, The Thomas Crown Affair, and won the Academy Award for Best Original Song. French lyrics, under the title, "Les Moulins de Mon Coeur", were later written by Eddy Marnay.
* Dedicating this one to the lovely Audrey, in honour of her Birthday, which she celebrated earlier this week. I hope you enjoy this one, Aud!
This one was a toughie for me! But...I gave 'er my best shot! I hope you'll enjoy my
ukulele attempt at this beautiful 1960s gem!
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Key of Cm (Dusty's key!)
VERSE 1:
Cm Fm6
Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
G7 G Cm
Never ending or beginning, on an ever-spinning reel
C7 Fm
Like a snowball down a mountain, or a carnival balloon
Bb7 EbMa7
Like a carousel that's turning, running rings around the moon
Eb Fm9 Fm
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of it's face
G7 F#dim
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
G7 Cm9 Cm Cm7
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
VERSE 2:
Cm7 Fm6
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of it's own
G Cm7
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never shone
C7 Fm
Like a door that keeps revolving in a half-forgotten dream
Bb7 EbMa7
Or the ripples of a pebble someone tosses in a stream
AbMa7 Fm6
Like a clock whose hands are sweeping past the minutes of it's face
G7 F#dim
And the world is like an apple whirling silently in space
G7 Cm7
Like the circles that you find in the windmills of your mind
VERSE 3:
Cm Fm7
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your head
Bb7 EbMa7
Why did summer go so quickly, was it something that you said?
Eb7 AbMa7
Lovers walk along the shore and leave their footprints in the sand
D7 Gm
Is the sound of distant drumming just the fingers of your hand?
Gm7 C7 Fm
Pictures hanging in a hallway and the fragment of a song
Bb7 EbMa7
Half-remembered names and faces, but to whom do they belong?
AbMa7 Dm
When you knew that it was over you were suddenly aware
G7 Cm7
That the autumn leaves were turning to the colour of his hair
VERSE 4:
Cm7 Fm6
Like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a wheel
G7 F#dim
Never ending or beginning, on an ever-spinning reel
Cm7 G7
As the images unwind, like the circles that you find
Cm7
In the windmills of your mind...

[@auntymodsurapee5705]

Beautiful. ❤

[@wendyweilermusic522]

Thank you very much! Wishing you a wonderful day! ❤🎵🎶

[@lisemichelin6997]

Beautiful! And thanks so much for posting the lyrics and chords :) !

[@wendyweilermusic522]

Thank you very much! My pleasure! I hope you enjoy playing/singing it yourself...it's such a treat! Take care! ❤🎵🎶

[@ukestudio3002]

An old favorite of mine. Pretty voice.. nice interpretation. 👏🏽

[@wendyweilermusic522]

Thank you very much! Beautiful song, it was so much fun to take on! Take care! ❤🎵🎶

[@audreyruhland9362]

Bravissima!! A gem indeed! Made me think of Holland and all my relations. Thanks for the beautiful birthday present!

[@wendyweilermusic522]

Thanks Aud! Really glad you enjoyed! It made me think of you and your farmhouse, all the nice Dutch food, nice land and animals...and beautiful home, filled with your mom's quilts, too many antiques and wall hangings to count, Bonnie,.Hangbelly....Fritz and his gnomes. So much life love and creativity under one roof! I have another gem I'm hoping to do for you and Joe for next weekend...if I learn it by then! 🤞 Buona sera bella! ❤🎵🎶