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