Verse
A#
One trip to Amsterdam
A#aug
4 trips around the sun
D# F
Has it really been that long?
A# D#
Since your name was on my tongue?
[Bridge]
Gm F5 F
[Verse 2]
A#
Down at the grocery mart
A#aug
I pray I see your mom
D# F
Cause if I could get back to the place
A# D#
The place where you came from
D#
Think I could bring you back
Gm F5
Body and soul intact
F
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
Gm7 A#
I’ll be the magician
F D#
I’ll be the magician
Gm7 A#
The magician
F
I’ll be the magician
F
You be the bird
A#
I’ll be a magician
[Verse 3]
A#
Get to the gig on time
A#aug
Play all the notes you like
D# F
I put your full name on the list
A# D#
I keep the doorman in my sight
[Bridge]
Gm F5 F
[Verse 4]
A#
I should be used to this
A#aug
I’m not new to loneliness
D# F
And waking up to find the kitchen
A# D#
In its emptiness
D#
Your heart and soul unmatched
Gm F5
God, could you spare me half
F
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
Gm7 A#
I’ll be the magician
F D#
I’ll be the magician
Gm7 A#
The magician
F
I’ll be the magician
F
You be the bird
A#
I’ll be a magician
F D#
I’ll be the magician
Gm A#
The magician
F
I’ll be the magician
F
You be the bird
A#
I’ll be a magician
[Bridge]
A#
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
A#aug
By the back door like the way we did
D#
Meet me at midnight
Gm F5 F
Crack me up good like the way you did
D#
I would wait all night
Gm F5
By the back door like the way we did
F
Like the way we did
F
Like the way we did
[Bridge and Chorus]
Gm7
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
A#
By the back door like the way we did
F
Meet me at midnight
D#
Crack me up good like the way you did
A#
I would wait all night
Gm F5
By the back door like the way we did
F
Like the way we did
F
Like the way we did
[Outro]
Gm7 A#
F D#
Gm7 A#
F F
A#
A#aug
D# Gm F
D# Gm F5 G