Verse
F
One trip to Amsterdam
Faug
4 trips around the sun
A# C
Has it really been that long?
F A#
Since your name was on my tongue?
[Bridge]
Dm C5 C
[Verse 2]
F
Down at the grocery mart
Faug
I pray I see your mom
A# C
Cause if I could get back to the place
F A#
The place where you came from
A#
Think I could bring you back
Dm C5
Body and soul intact
C
You be the bird behind the drapes
[Chorus]
Dm7 F
I’ll be the magician
C A#
I’ll be the magician
Dm7 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
Faug
Play all the notes you like
A# C
I put your full name on the list
F A#
I keep the doorman in my sight
[Bridge]
Dm C5 C
[Verse 4]
F
I should be used to this
Faug
I’m not new to loneliness
A# C
And waking up to find the kitchen
F A#
In its emptiness
A#
Your heart and soul unmatched
Dm C5
God, could you spare me half
C
You be the girl inside the crate
[Chorus]
Dm7 F
I’ll be the magician
C A#
I’ll be the magician
Dm7 F
The magician
C
I’ll be the magician
C
You be the bird
F
I’ll be a magician
C A#
I’ll be the magician
Dm 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
Faug
By the back door like the way we did
A#
Meet me at midnight
Dm C5 C
Crack me up good like the way you did
A#
I would wait all night
Dm C5
By the back door like the way we did
C
Like the way we did
C
Like the way we did
[Bridge and Chorus]
Dm7
I would wait all night, glass-eyed
F
By the back door like the way we did
C
Meet me at midnight
A#
Crack me up good like the way you did
F
I would wait all night
Dm C5
By the back door like the way we did
C
Like the way we did
C
Like the way we did
[Outro]
Dm7 F
C A#
Dm7 F
C C
F
Faug
A# Dm C
A# Dm C5 G