Verse
C#
One trip to Amsterdam
C#aug
4 trips around the sun
F# G#
Has it really been that long?
C# F#
Since your name was on my tongue?
[Bridge]
A#m G#5 G#
[Verse 2]
C#
Down at the grocery mart
C#aug
I pray I see your mom
F# G#
Cause if I could get back to the place
C# F#
The place where you came from
F#
Think I could bring you back
A#m G#5
Body and soul intact
G#
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
A#m7 C#
I’ll be the magician
G# F#
I’ll be the magician
A#m7 C#
The magician
G#
I’ll be the magician
G#
You be the bird
C#
I’ll be a magician
[Verse 3]
C#
Get to the gig on time
C#aug
Play all the notes you like
F# G#
I put your full name on the list
C# F#
I keep the doorman in my sight
[Bridge]
A#m G#5 G#
[Verse 4]
C#
I should be used to this
C#aug
I’m not new to loneliness
F# G#
And waking up to find the kitchen
C# F#
In its emptiness
F#
Your heart and soul unmatched
A#m G#5
God, could you spare me half
G#
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
A#m7 C#
I’ll be the magician
G# F#
I’ll be the magician
A#m7 C#
The magician
G#
I’ll be the magician
G#
You be the bird
C#
I’ll be a magician
G# F#
I’ll be the magician
A#m C#
The magician
G#
I’ll be the magician
G#
You be the bird
C#
I’ll be a magician
[Bridge]
C#
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
C#aug
By the back door like the way we did
F#
Meet me at midnight
A#m G#5 G#
Crack me up good like the way you did
F#
I would wait all night
A#m G#5
By the back door like the way we did
G#
Like the way we did
G#
Like the way we did
[Bridge and Chorus]
A#m7
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
C#
By the back door like the way we did
G#
Meet me at midnight
F#
Crack me up good like the way you did
C#
I would wait all night
A#m G#5
By the back door like the way we did
G#
Like the way we did
G#
Like the way we did
[Outro]
A#m7 C#
G# F#
A#m7 C#
G# G#
C#
C#aug
F# A#m G#
F# A#m G#5 G