Potter's Wheel

Words and Music by Bill Danoff
sung by John Denver
from Different Directions (1991)



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The World is fast becoming younger, the news is all they've ever known
                  Em				            D                    Em
they've seen the wars, the hurt, the hunger How will they choose when they are grown.
						   D                E 
What do you tell forevers children when its their turn to hurt and heal
	   Em				  D	          Em
whatever spins the grim tornedo can also turn a potters wheel

 C#m		E   C#m   	   E    C#m           E        B        E
take a little clay put it on the wheel give a little hint how god must feel, 
 C#m	       E    C#m   	  E   C#m             E        B      E
give a little turn listen to it spin make it in the shape you want it in.

               Em			        D                         E
Tell with you life the bloody story teach to they're dreams not burning steel 
	     Em			                       D                Em
it's not in bombs where lies the glory but in what's shattered on the field
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The potter's wheel takes love and caring skill and patience fast and slow,
	      Em			              D                   Em
the works it makes are easily broken once they've survived the potter's throw

 C#m		E   C#m   	   E    C#m           E        B       E
take a little clay put it on the wheel give a little hint how god must feel, 
 C#m	       E    C#m   	  E   C#m             E        B      E
give a little turn listen to it spin make it in the shape you want it in.

                Em			        D            E
Some day some children will be digging in some long forgotten ground and
             Em			         D                Em
they'll find our civilization or what's left of it to be found 
                  Em			            D            E
they'll find the weapons of destruction but buried deeper in the hole 
                Em			     D                  Em
they'll find a message and a promise in the sand, the potter's bowl

 C#m		E   C#m   	   E    C#m           E        B        E
take a little clay put it on the wheel give a little hint how god must feel, 
 C#m	       E    C#m   	  E   C#m             E        B      E
give a little turn listen to it spin make it in the shape you want it in.

 C#m		E   C#m   	   E    C#m           E        B        E
take a little clay put it on the wheel give a little hint how god must feel, 
 C#m	       E    C#m   	  E   C#m             E        B      E
give a little turn listen to it spin make it in the shape you want it in.

 C#m       E        C#m      E         C#m   E         B         E
Earth and fire and wind conspire with human hand, and love, and fire.

 C#m		E   C#m   	   E    C#m           E        B        E
take a little clay put it on the wheel give a little hint how god must feel, 
 C#m	       E    C#m   	  E   C#m             E        A A7   E
give a little turn listen to it spin make it in the shape you want it in.