John Denver

Potters Wheel(Chords)

John Denver

Key: D

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Intro: D C D   C Bm D 

              D C      D                       
The world is fast becoming younger 
            C Bm          D 
The news is all they've ever known 
                  D C                 D                       
They've seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger 
                C Bm                 D 
How will they choose when they are grown? 

             D C       D 
What do you tell forever's children  
            C      Bm         D 
When it's their turn to hurt and heal? 
           D C         D 
Whatever spins a grim tornado 
          C Bm             D  
Can also turn a potter's wheel 

 Bm             D    Bm           D 
Take a little clay, put it on a wheel 
 Bm           D        A        D 
Get a little hint how God must feel 
 Bm            D     Bm            D 
Give a little turn, listen to it spin 
 Bm              D        A      D        
Make it in the shape you want it in 

                D C        D 
Tell with your life a bloody story  
                 C Bm         D 
Teach to their dreams not burning steel 
             D C                   D 
It's not in bombs where lies the glory  
                C  Bm           D 
But in what's shattered on the field 

               D C            D 
The potter's wheel takes love and caring 
           C Bm         D 
Skill and patience fast and slow 
              D C           D 
The works it makes are easily broken  
              C Bm                D 
Once they survive the potter's throw 

 Bm             D    Bm           D 
Take a little clay, put it on a wheel 
 Bm           D        A        D 
Get a little hint how God must feel 
 Bm            D     Bm            D 
Give a little turn, listen to it spin 
 Bm              D        A      D        
Make it in the shape you want it in 

D C D   C Bm D 

                D   C         D 
Some day some children will be digging  
         C Bm       D 
In some long forgotten ground 
                 D C        D 
And they'll find our civilization  
               C Bm         D 
Or what's left of it to be found 

                  D  C           D 
They'll find the weapons of destruction 
            C Bm       D 
But buried deeper in the hole 
                D  C           D 
They'll find a message and a promise  
        C Bm               D 
In the sand, the potter's bowl 

 Bm             D    Bm           D 
Take a little clay, put it on a wheel 
 Bm           D        A        D 
Get a little hint how God must feel 
 Bm            D     Bm            D 
Give a little turn, listen to it spin 
 Bm              D        A      D        
Make it in the shape you want it in 

 Bm             D    Bm           D 
Take a little clay, put it on a wheel 
 Bm           D        A        D 
Get a little hint how God must feel 
 Bm            D     Bm            D 
Give a little turn, listen to it spin 
 Bm              D        A      D        
Make it in the shape you want it in 

Bm         D         Bm       D 
Earth and water and wind conspire  
      Bm    D         A        D 
With human hands and love and fire 

 Bm             D    Bm           D 
Take a little clay, put it on a wheel 
 Bm           D        A        D 
Get a little hint how God must feel 
 Bm            D     Bm            D 
Give a little turn, listen to it spin 
 Bm              D        Em     D     Bm D       
Make it in the shape you want it in
	        

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