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