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Magic Man

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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[Intro]
G5
[Verse 1]
G5Cold late night so long ago
When I was not so strong you know
A F5pretty man came to me
Never seen eyes so blue
You know I G5could not run away
It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream
It F5seemed like he knew me
He looked right through me,  G5yeah
[Chorus]
"BbCome on Fhome, girl" he said G5with a smile
"BbYou don't have to Flove me yet
Let's get G5high awhile
But Ftry to understand
TGry to understand
BbTry, try, try to underCstand
N.C.        G5  
I'm a magic man."
[Verse 2]
G5Winter nights, we sang in tune
Played inside the months of moon
F5Never think of never
Let this spell last forever
Well, G5summer lover passed to fall
Tried to realize it all
F5Mama says she's worried
Growing up in a hurry,  G5yeah
[Chorus]
"BbCome on Fhome, girl", Mama G5cried on the phone
"Too Bbsoon to lose Fmy baby yet,
my girl G5should be at home."
But Ftry to understand
TGry to understand
BbTry, try, try to underCstand
N.C.         G5  
He's a magic man, mama, ahh, he's a magic man
[Interlude]
G5
[Chorus]
"BbCome on Fhome, girl" he said G5with a smile
"I Bbcast my spell of Flove on you,
A woman G5from a child."
But Ftry to understand
TGry to understand
EbOhhh, oEmh-oh
FTry, tGry to understand
BbTry, try, try to underCstand
N.C.            G5   F5  C5  
He's a magic man, oh yeah
         G5          F5    C5(G5)
Oooooh, he got the magic hands
[Solo]
      G5   F5   C5x2
      G5    F5x4
   G5Fill
e|---------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------|
D|-5-------5-------3-2-0-----------|
A|---5-------5-----------3-0-1-2-3-|
E|---------------------------------|
      G5   F5   C5x4
      G5    F5x4
G5(Repeat Fill)
[Break]
| G5 N.C.     | N.C.  F5 F#5 |
| G5 N.C.     | N.C.         |
| G5 N.C.     | N.C.  F5 F#5 |
| G5 N.C.     | N.C.         |
[Bridge]
      G5   F5   C5x4
      G5    F5x4
G5(Repeat Fill)
|    F|    F|    F|    F|
[Chorus]
"BbCome on Fhome, girl" he said G5with a smile
"BbYou don't have to Flove me yet
Let's get G5high awhile."
But Ftry to understand
TGry to understand
BbTry, try, try to underCstand
N.C.          Bb     F     Bb  F  
He's a magic ma-an, yeah-eah
 Bb     F* G5  
Oh-ohh
* = play 2nd half of Fill

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Magic Man

by Heart

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

[Intro]

[Verse 1]

Cold late night so long ago

When I was not so strong you know

A pretty man came to me

Never seen eyes so blue

You know I could not run away

It seemed we'd seen each other in a dream

It seemed like he knew me

He looked right through me, yeah

[Chorus]

Bb F G5

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile

Bb F

"You don't have to love me yet

Let's get high awhile

But try to understand

Try to understand

Bb C

Try, try, try to understand

N.C.

I'm a magic man."

[Verse 2]

Winter nights, we sang in tune

Played inside the months of moon

Never think of never

Let this spell last forever

Well, summer lover passed to fall

Tried to realize it all

Mama says she's worried

Growing up in a hurry, yeah

[Chorus]

Bb F G5

"Come on home, girl", Mama cried on the phone

Bb F

"Too soon to lose my baby yet,

my girl should be at home."

But try to understand

Try to understand

Bb C

Try, try, try to understand

N.C.

He's a magic man, mama, ahh, he's a magic man

[Interlude]

[Chorus]

Bb F G5

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile

Bb F

"I cast my spell of love on you,

A woman from a child."

But try to understand

Try to understand

Eb Em

Ohhh, oh-oh

F G

Try, try to understand

Bb C

Try, try, try to understand

G5 F5 C5

N.C.

He's a magic man, oh yeah

G5 F5 C5 G5

()

Oooooh, he got the magic hands

[Solo]

G5 F5 C5

G5 F5

Fill

e|---------------------------------|

B|---------------------------------|

G|---------------------------------|

D|-5-------5-------3-2-0-----------|

A|---5-------5-----------3-0-1-2-3-|

E|---------------------------------|

G5 F5 C5

G5 F5

(Repeat Fill)

[Break]

| G5 N.C. | N.C. F5 F#5 |

| G5 N.C. | N.C. |

| G5 N.C. | N.C. F5 F#5 |

| G5 N.C. | N.C. |

[Bridge]

G5 F5 C5

G5 F5

(Repeat Fill)

F F F F

| | | | |

[Chorus]

Bb F G5

"Come on home, girl" he said with a smile

Bb F

"You don't have to love me yet

Let's get high awhile."

But try to understand

Try to understand

Bb C

Try, try, try to understand

Bb F Bb F

N.C.

He's a magic ma-an, yeah-eah

Bb F G5

Oh-ohh

* = play 2nd half of Fill

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