Windmills

G D C G In days gone by, when the world was much younger G D C G Men harnessed the wind to work for mankind G D C G Seamen built tall ships to sail on the ocean G D C G While landsmen built wheels the corn for to grind G C G G D C G G D C G And around and around and around went the big sail G D C G Turning the shaft and the great wooden wheel G D C G Creaking and groaning, the millstones kept turning G D C G Grinding to flour the good corn from the field G D C G In Flanders and Spain and the lowlands of Holland G D C G And the kingdoms of England and Scotland and Wales G D C G Windmills sprang up all along the wild coastline G D C G Ships of the land with their high canvas sails G D C G And around and around and around went the big sail G D C G Turning the shaft and the great wooden wheel G D C G Creaking and groaning, the millstones kept turning G D C G Grinding to flour the good corn from the field G D C G In Lancashire, lads work hard at the good earth G D C G Ploughing and sowing as the seasons declare G D C G Waiting to reap all the rich, golden harvest G D C G While the miller is idle, his mill to repair G D C G And around and around and around went the big sail G D C G Turning the shaft and the great wooden wheel G D C G Creaking and groaning, the millstones kept turning G D C G Grinding to flour the good corn from the field G D C G Windmills of wood all blackened by weather G D C G Windmills of stone, glaring white in the sun G D C G Windmills like giants all ready for tilting G D C G Windmills that died in the gales and the sun G D C G And around and around and around went the big sail G D C G Turning the shaft and the great wooden wheel G D C G Creaking and groaning, the millstones kept turning G D C G Grinding to flour the good corn from the field