The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes) — Gordon Lightfoot
Chords and lyrics for The Circle Is Small (I Can See It In Your Eyes) by Gordon Lightfoot (key of G#).
Intro
[F] [Fm]
Verse 1
It's alright for some, but not all right for me,
We're the [Gm]one that I'm loving slips around,
You [G#maj7]think it's fine to do, things [Fm]I cannot see,
[G#maj7]And you're [Gm]doing it to me, baby [G#]can't you see,
I [Gm]know [A#]how it is.
Chorus
I [D#]can see it in your eyes and feel [G#m]it in [D#]the way you kiss my lips.
[G#] [A#]
I [D#]can hear it in your voice [G#maj7]whenever we are [D#/G]talking like this.
[G#] [A#]
I [D#]can see the way [Gm/D]you look when his [G#m]name is [D#]mentioned [A#]and I die.
[D#] [G#maj7] [A#]
I [D#]can watch the way you walk, the way [G#]you talk, [A#maj7]the way you close your eyes.
[D#] [G#] [A#]
Verse 2
It's [G#maj7]alright for some, but [Fm]not all right for me,
We're the [Gm]one that I'm loving can't be found.
The [Fm]city where we live might be quite large, but the [Gm]circle is small.
Why [G#]not tell us all and [Am7]then all [A#/D]of us will know.
Chorus
I [D#]can see it in your eyes and feel [Amaj7]it in the way you [A#]kiss my lips.
[D#] [G#] [Gm]
I [D#/G]can hear it in your voice whenever we [G#m]are [D]talking just [A#]like this.
[D#] [G#] [A#]
I [D#]can see the way you look when his [G#]name is [D#]mentioned and I die.
[G#] [Gm]
I [D#/G]can watch the way you walk, the way [Amaj7]you talk, the way [A#]you close your eyes.
[D#] [G#maj7] [A#]
Verse 3
It's [G#maj7]alright to live, but [Fm/G#]not all right to lie,
When [Gm]you come back and you can't say where you've been,
You [Fm]think it's fine to do things I cannot see and you're [Gm]doing it to me.
Baby [G#]can't you see it and [Gm]I know [A#/D]how it is.
Chorus
I [D#]can see it in your eyes and feel [G#/D#]it in [A#maj7]the way you kiss my lips.
[D#] [G#] [D#]
I can hear it in your voice whenever [G#m]we are talking [Gm]just like this.
[D#] [Gm] [G#] [A#]
I [D#]can see the way you [G#maj7]look when his name is mentioned [A#]and I die.
[D#] [G#] [A#]
I [D#]can watch the way you walk, the way [G#]you talk, [D]the way [A#]you close your eyes.
[D#] [G#] [D#/A#]
Outro
I can see it in your eyes [G#m]and feel it in the way [D#]you kiss my lips.
[G#maj7] [A#m/C#] [Fm/C]
I [D#]can hear it in your voice whenever [G#m]we are talking [A#]just like [D#]this.