Verse
G
One trip to Amsterdam
Gaug
4 trips around the sun
C D
Has it really been that long?
G C
Since your name was on my tongue?
[Bridge]
Em D5 D
[Verse 2]
G
Down at the grocery mart
Gaug
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
Em D5
Body and soul intact
D
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
Em7 G
I’ll be the magician
D C
I’ll be the magician
Em7 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
Gaug
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]
Em D5 D
[Verse 4]
G
I should be used to this
Gaug
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
Em D5
God, could you spare me half
D
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
Em7 G
I’ll be the magician
D C
I’ll be the magician
Em7 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
Em 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
Gaug
By the back door like the way we did
C
Meet me at midnight
Em D5 D
Crack me up good like the way you did
C
I would wait all night
Em D5
By the back door like the way we did
D
Like the way we did
D
Like the way we did
[Bridge and Chorus]
Em7
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
Em D5
By the back door like the way we did
D
Like the way we did
D
Like the way we did
[Outro]
Em7 G
D C
Em7 G
D D
G
Gaug
C Em D
C Em D5 G