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Noel Harrison - Windmills of Your Mind Ukulele Chords

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ChordsEm, B7, E7, Am7, D7, G7, C7, Am, Bb, F#7, Bm
Strumming↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑

Before you play, tune your ukulele and use the tools below to set up your view and flow.

[Opening]
[Em] [B7] [Em]
Round, like a circle in a spiral, like a wheel within a [B7]wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning [Em]reel
Like a snowball down a [E7]mountain or a carnival bal[Am7]loon
Like a carousel that’s [D7]turning,
Running rings around the [G7]moon

[chorus]
Like a clock whose hands are [C7]sweeping
Past the minutes of its [Am]face
And the world is like an [B7]apple
Whirling silently in [Bb]space
Like the circles that you [B7]find
In the windmills of your [Em]mind

[section 2]
Like a tunnel that you follow to a tunnel of its [B7]own
Down a hollow to a cavern where the sun has never [Em]shone
Like a door that keeps revol[E7]ving
In a half-forgotten [Am7]dream
Or the ripples from a [D7]pebble
Someone tosses in a [G7]stream

[chorus]
Like a clock whose hands are [C7]sweeping
Past the minutes of its [Am]face
And the world is like an [B7]apple
Whirling silently in [Bb]space
Like the circles that you [B7]find
In the windmills of your [Em]mind

[section 3]
Keys that jingle in your pocket, words that jangle in your [Am7]head
Why did summer go so [D7]quickly?
Was it something that you [G7]said?
Lovers walk along the [G7]shore
And leave their footprints in the [C7]sand
Is the sound of distant [F#7]drumming

[section 4]
Just the fingers of your [Bm]hand?
Pictures hanging in a [E7]hallway
And the fragment of a [Am]song
Half-remembered names and [D7]faces,
But to whom do they be[G7]long?

[section 5]
When you knew that it was [C7]over,
You were suddenly [Am]aware
That the autumn leaves were [B7]turning
To the colour of her [Em]hair
A circle in a spiral, a wheel within a [B7]wheel
Never ending or beginning on an ever spinning [Bb]reel

[Closing]
As the images un[Em]wind,
Like the circles that you [B7]find
In the windmills of your [Em]mind
Like the circles that you [B7]find
In the windmills of your [Em]mind

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ArtistNoel Harrison
AlbumThe Thomas Crown Affair Soundtrack
GenresPop
Year1968
KeyEm
DifficultyAdvanced

How to play Windmills of Your Mind on Ukulele (Step-by-step)

Noel Harrison - Windmills of Your Mind on ukulele requires 11 chords and 16 core chord transitions. You can find the full step-by-step guide below. Before you start, tune your instrument. The song uses the ↓↑-↓↑-↓↑-↓↑ pattern; practice it muted first, or simplify to downstrokes while you learn the changes.

Windmills of Your Mind uses these transitions most often: B7 → Em (8), Em → B7 (6), and D7 → G7 (4). These transitions may feel a little challenging at first, but with steady practice you can play this song quickly.When you are ready, begin with Em - B7 chord transition.

1. Em → B7 chord transition

Ukulele Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-4-3-2Ukulele Em chord diagram
Ukulele B7 chord diagram Fingering: 2-3-2-2 Barre at fret 2.Ukulele B7 chord diagram

To move from Em to B7;

  1. While playing Em, lift your ring finger from C string fret 4.
  2. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.
  3. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to C string fret 3.
Em to B7

2. Em → E7 chord transition

Ukulele Em chord diagram Fingering: 0-4-3-2Ukulele Em chord diagram
Ukulele E7 chord diagram Fingering: 1-2-0-2Ukulele E7 chord diagram

To move from Em to E7;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger from E string fret 3 to C string fret 2.
  3. Lift your ring finger from C string fret 4 and place it on A string fret 2.
Em to E7

5. D7 → G7 chord transition

To move from D7 to G7;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger on A string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  3. Place middle finger on C string fret 2.

6. G7 → C7 chord transition

To move from G7 to C7;

  1. While playing G7, first lift your middle finger and ring finger.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 1.

7. C7 → Am chord transition

To move from C7 to Am;

  1. While playing C7, lift your index finger from A string fret 1.
  2. Place middle finger on G string fret 2.

8. Am → B7 chord transition

To move from Am to B7;

  1. Lift your middle finger from G string fret 2 and place it on C string fret 3.
  2. Place index finger on G string fret 2.

9. B7 → Bb chord transition

To move from B7 to Bb;

  1. Lift your index finger from G string fret 2 and place it on E string fret 1.
  2. Slide your middle finger on C string from fret 3 to fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on G string fret 3.

10. Em → Am7 chord transition

To move from Em to Am7;

  1. While playing Em, first lift your index finger, middle finger, and ring finger.

11. C7 → F#7 chord transition

To move from C7 to F#7;

  1. Lift your index finger from A string fret 1 and place it on E string fret 2.
  2. Place middle finger on G string fret 3.
  3. Place ring finger on C string fret 4.
  4. Place pinky on A string fret 4.

12. F#7 → Bm chord transition

To move from F#7 to Bm;

  1. While playing F#7, first lift your middle finger and pinky.
  2. Lift your index finger from E string fret 2 and place it on C string fret 2.
  3. Slide your ring finger from C string fret 4 to G string fret 4.

13. Bm → E7 chord transition

To move from Bm to E7;

  1. Lift your index finger from C string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 1.
  2. Slide your ring finger from G string fret 4 to A string fret 2.
  3. Place middle finger on C string fret 2.

14. E7 → Am chord transition

To move from E7 to Am;

  1. While playing E7, first lift your index finger and ring finger.
  2. Lift your middle finger from C string fret 2 and place it on G string fret 2.

15. Am → D7 chord transition

To move from Am to D7;

  1. While playing Am, lift your middle finger from G string fret 2.
  2. Place index finger on G string fret 2.
  3. Place ring finger on A string fret 3.

16. Bb → Em chord transition

To move from Bb to Em;

  1. Lift your index finger from E string fret 1 and place it on A string fret 2.
  2. Slide your middle finger from C string fret 2 to E string fret 3.
  3. Lift your ring finger from G string fret 3 and place it on C string fret 4.

Windmills of Your Mind chord transition analysis

A short, data-driven summary of the chord flow in Windmills of Your Mind.

  • Windmills of Your Mind includes 47 chord transitions, 16 of them unique.
  • These transitions represent 0.01% of all chord transitions in Ukulelearn.
  • These transition patterns show how Windmills of Your Mind connects to the rest of Ukulelearn. Mastering them helps you move to similar songs faster.
    After B7, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are Em (58%), E7 (10%), and C (8%).
    • B7 → Em: 58%
    • B7 → Bb: 1%
    After Em, the most likely next chords across Ukulelearn are C (27%), G (18%), and D (18%).
    • Em → B7: 1%
    • Em → Am7: 0%
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