Verse
G#
One trip to Amsterdam
G#aug
4 trips around the sun
C# D#
Has it really been that long?
G# C#
Since your name was on my tongue?
[Bridge]
Fm D#5 D#
[Verse 2]
G#
Down at the grocery mart
G#aug
I pray I see your mom
C# D#
Cause if I could get back to the place
G# C#
The place where you came from
C#
Think I could bring you back
Fm D#5
Body and soul intact
D#
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
Fm7 G#
I’ll be the magician
D# C#
I’ll be the magician
Fm7 G#
The magician
D#
I’ll be the magician
D#
You be the bird
G#
I’ll be a magician
[Verse 3]
G#
Get to the gig on time
G#aug
Play all the notes you like
C# D#
I put your full name on the list
G# C#
I keep the doorman in my sight
[Bridge]
Fm D#5 D#
[Verse 4]
G#
I should be used to this
G#aug
I’m not new to loneliness
C# D#
And waking up to find the kitchen
G# C#
In its emptiness
C#
Your heart and soul unmatched
Fm D#5
God, could you spare me half
D#
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
Fm7 G#
I’ll be the magician
D# C#
I’ll be the magician
Fm7 G#
The magician
D#
I’ll be the magician
D#
You be the bird
G#
I’ll be a magician
D# C#
I’ll be the magician
Fm G#
The magician
D#
I’ll be the magician
D#
You be the bird
G#
I’ll be a magician
[Bridge]
G#
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
G#aug
By the back door like the way we did
C#
Meet me at midnight
Fm D#5 D#
Crack me up good like the way you did
C#
I would wait all night
Fm D#5
By the back door like the way we did
D#
Like the way we did
D#
Like the way we did
[Bridge and Chorus]
Fm7
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
G#
By the back door like the way we did
D#
Meet me at midnight
C#
Crack me up good like the way you did
G#
I would wait all night
Fm D#5
By the back door like the way we did
D#
Like the way we did
D#
Like the way we did
[Outro]
Fm7 G#
D# C#
Fm7 G#
D# D#
G#
G#aug
C# Fm D#
C# Fm D#5 G