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Last night I noticed how very few P.W. tabs there were. So I raged and broke stuff...
when I realized that I'd have to write down the chords myself. My goal is to have every
(and probably every EP) by Wolf tabbed. So The Magic Position gets the privilege to be
first one, even though it's not the best... But it's still fucking awesome :D.
Please note that many of the songs on this album were already tabbed. I've gone through
tabs, and used the correct ones here. I'm going to give links to the original tabs as well.
The Magic Position.
1. Overture
2. The Magic Position
3. Accident & Emergency - Ben Hillier Mix
4. The Bluebell
5. Bluebells
6. Magpie
7. The Kiss *
8. Augustine
9. Secret Garden *
10. Get Lost
11. Enchanted
12. The Stars
13. Finale *
*=These songs are instrumental only. Most is played on laptop or violin, so there will
no chords for these songs.
Please note that I've written this mainly for guitar, piano and ukulele. If you're
ukulele, please tune it G - C - E - A.
Also if you're playing the ukulele, don't own a capo or don't have a transpose button on
piano, there will be transposed versions of Augustine and Magpie after the last song.
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1. Overture
Perfect for beginners! The same riff goes through the whole song.
[Main Riff] Dm- F- C- G  
It's wonderful what a smile can hide
If the teeth shine right and it's nice and wide
It's so magical what you can keep inside
And if you bury it deep no one can find a thing, n
So come on now, open wide, open up now.
Don't you think i's time
To look back at that boy on his way to school
Such a heavy heart, such a heavy jewel
Hiding something that one day he'll sell
But now if no one shows, no one tells a thing, no
So come on love, open wide, open up now
Don't you think it's time
Now after all these years, you are at last opening
Was it worth all that war, just to win?
So caught up in the speed of the days in your sin
Don't forget how the story begins no
Don't forget now
Now I'm seeing all your lovers and enemies
They've been turning their keys so full of need
All trying to see that jewel you keep
What makes it shine, what makes it mine?
But I don't care
Just come on now, open wide
Open up now
There's so much love for what you'll find
But what will you find?
Now after all these years, you are at last opening
Was it worth all that war, just to win?
If it was, can you take me back to where it begins?
Come and take me back to where it begins
Come and take me back to where it begins
Come on, open wide and let some light in
Let us in
Let us in
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2. The Magic Position
The chords in brackets are what the bass plays in between each chord, it still sounds
if you don't include them.
B
B(Bb) G#m(F#) E  F#  
B(Bb) G#m(F#) E  F#  
BSo let the people talk
B(Bb) G#m  
It's Monday morning walk
G#m(F#) E  F#  
Right past the fabulous mess we're in
It's gonna be a Bbeautiful day
(Bb)G#m
So do the bluebirds sing
(F#) E  
As I take your hand
And you take mF#y kiss
B(Bb) G#m(F#) E  F#  
And I take the world
'Cause out of all the Epeople I've known
The places I've been
The F#songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
ENow that the dreams are all coming true
F#Who is the one that leads me on through
It's Byou
(F#) E(F#)
Who puts me in the magic position, darling now
B(F#) E(F#)
You put me in the magic position
B F# E F# B
(F#) E  
To live, to learn, to love in the major key the major key
(F#) B(F#) E  
the major key the major key
(F#) B  
And I know how you've hurt
(Bb) G#m  
And been dragged through the dirt
(F#) E  
But c'mon get back up
It's the time to F#live
So give your Blove to me
(Bb) G#m  
I'm gonna keep it carefully
(F#) E  F#  
Deep in the treasure chest below my breast
'Cause out of all the Epeople I've known
The places I've been
The F#songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
ENow that the dreams are all coming true
F#Who is the one that leads me on through
It's Byou
(F#) E(F#)
Who puts me in the magic position, darling now
B(F#) E(F#)
You put me in the magic position, darling so
B(F#) E  
Let me put you in the magic position, darling
(F#) B(F#) E(F#) E  
'Cause I'm singing in the, the major key
(G#m) F#   E(G#m) F#  
the major key
B(F#) E(F#)
the major key
B(F#) E(no chord)
Let me put you in the, the major key
If you want to add chords to the end then play (F#) then end on B.
This tab took me a lot longer than normal but I think it's fairly accurate.
cmj
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3. Accident & Emergency - Ben Hillier Mix
Intro (starts right after shouting emergency!): E(B) A- A(B) E- E(B) A  
Emergency!
So c'mon:
A(B)
Give me the worst and then again
E(B)
I'm feeling braver than I've ever been
A(B)
From the skull down to the feet
EAll out for blood and sweat and meat
And for...
EAccident! Emergency!
To teArrorists, catastrophe
Drop this Eagony, and misery
(B) A  
Give me accident and emergency
A(B)
So what happens when you lose everything?
E(B)
You just carry on and with a grin
(Sing!)
A(B)
For all that your life has to bring
EAnd just get yourself back into the ring
(Knuckles out!)
EAccident! Emergency!
To teArrorists, catastrophe
Drop this Eagony, and misery
(B) A  
Hold on for accident and emergency
If you Anever lose
How you gonna Eknow when you Bwon?
And if it's Anever dark
How you gonna Eknow the sunB  
When it Ashines?
You've got to Blet it shine
E(B) A- (B) - E(B) A  
E(B)
(Accident, emergency
A(B)
Accident, emergency
C'mon!
E(B)
Accident, emergency)
ABringing out the best in meE  
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4. The Bluebell
FDown in the park
In the lasAmt of the light
FAmong the stray dogs and Gfamilies
FI smell the bonfires, and Amwatch the bombs
FFireworks burst abGove the trees
FInto pillows of white cloud, and
AmAnother year has gone
FNow it is the fifth of GNovember
FI lock the doors, and
AmSwallow the key
FAnd draw the curtains, closed Gmforever
GForever
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5. Bluebells
(Listen to song. These 4 Cs goes throughout the whole song. For the intro you can
play those notes, or just start with F - Am - F - Am - F - Am - F - G, like in the
If
choose the C - C - C - C just play the root of the Cs, and do not actually play the
chord)
Intro: C- C- C- Cx16
FLucy, remAmember
FThe smell of that fAmall
FThe fires of fuAmngus
And the rotGting leaves
FI fell off the wAmagon
FInto your aAmrms
FInto this lAmong month of sunGdays
Verse2:
FAnd you were my huAmsband
FMy wife, my hAmeroin
FNow this is our fiAmnal DeceGmber
FNow I'm deep in a fAmorest
FLosing all thought of spAmring
FAnd nothing can hAmelp me remGember
Chorus:
And I'm going nowFhere fAmast
A darker day Fhas holed at lAmast
Deep in a drFeam I set the cAmalmness to spGinning
And your love has coFme too lAmate
Away from the Fgarden gAmate
Wake me Fup when the Amblue bells are rGinging
Verse3:
FNow that it's oAmver after Fall that we Amhad
FIt comes, A river rAmuns through the raGfters down, down, down
FDoes it leave me Amsleeping? DreaminFg only of Amspring
FThe phone rings Amout and I remGember
Chorus:
But I'm going nFowhere fAmast
A darker day Fhas holed at lAmast
Deep in this Fdream I set the Amcalmness to spGinning
And your love has Fcome too Amlate
Now wave to the Fgarden gAmate
Wake me Fup when the Amblue bells are riGnging
FRingiAmng, rFingAming, rFingAming...
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6. Magpie
Tuning: Standard, with Capo on 1st fret
PLAY EVERYTHING IN RESPECT TO THE CAPO ON THE 1ST FRET
G735x46x
Amsus4 x02240
Also, use G barred on the 3rd fret
Intro: Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked)
F| G7| Am| Am  
F| G| Am| Am  
Arpeggiating the first four notes of the chords will make it sound like the piano: e.g.
Play twice under violin scale:
e|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------|
G|-------2-------2-------2------2-|-------0------0------0------0-----o--|
D|-----3-------3-------3------3---|-----3------3------3------3-------o--|
A|---3-------3-------3------3-----|---3------3------3------3------------|
E|-1-------1-------1------1-------|-1------1------1------1--------------|
FMagpie, waDms it you who stole thAme wedding ring?
Or what other thFieving bird would steal Dmsuch hope awAmay?
F   Dm   Am   Am(x02200)
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland,
caught among the Fbracken and the fern,
DmAmsus4 Am  
and the boys who have no name.
AmThere's No Name For Us
But Still We SingF  
F| G| Amsus4 | Am  
Oooooohh... etc.
F| Dm| Amsus4 | Am|
And still we sing, Oooooohh
FLittle boy, little boy,G  
Lost and Amblue,
FListen now, let me Gtell you what to Dmdo,
You can Frun on, run along aDmlone or home
Between the kAmnees of her,
All among her brFacken and her ferns,
And the Gboy will have a Amname.
And We Will Sing...
F| G| Amsus4 | Am|
F| G| Amsus4 | Am   C|
FOne For Sorrow
DmTwo For Joy
Amsus4Three For A Girl
AmFour For A Boy
FFive For Silver
GSix For Gold
AmSeven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
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8. Augustine
Capo: First fret.
Em G C
As the Embell tower Gblocks the Csummer light
EmAll the sGeeds in our garden Cfight
To brEmeak and DblossCom, all to Bbe adored
And look, your sCkirt is torn
And there's Dblood on our sheets
As comes the Emlong Garm Cof the law
EmFist tGight, baCnging on the door
Em D C B C
ADnd knocking me down on its way in
As I Empass Gout into a Cdream
EmOf whooping Gcranes and Cwooden beams
Great Emwhite Dwings Cbeating
In an attBic, in a Chouse, in the dDead of night
Singing
COh, Dmy EmAuguDstiCne, EmAugDustiCne
COhD, is this fEmoreDveCr, EmeveDr?C  
COh, Doh
Sweet EmAugDustCine, EmAugDustCine
What dCoes this mDean for us?
Does it mean that EmI can Gnever Cchange my ways?
EmAnd that's why, Glove, you Cshouldn't stay
Still you Emwill Dand Clove me
Like a Bmother or a Cmaid bringing you down,
EmDown, DoGwn on your Cbrazen knees
EmWatering the Gworms and the Cweeds
Thinking, why Emdoes Dlove Cleave me Bso damn cold?
Now I'm Cgetting old
And is this Dwhat it should be?
Well, is it?
COh, Dmy EmAuguDstiCne, EmAugDustiCne
COhD, is this fEmoreDveCr, EmeveDr?C  
COh, Doh
Sweet EmAugDustCine, EmAugDustCine
Or Cdo we kill thDis one tonGight?C  
G C
And now come the EmtearGs, Cheavy and hot
EmAs it comes cleaGr, this is Call we got
As I hEmold yDou tCo my bed
Like a Bcancer, or a Ccurse
Now be my Dloving nurse
As we Emfall back Dinto the Cimpossible Emdream
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10. Get Lost
*If you want to play the annoying tone that the song starts with just play the root of a
16 times.
You can also end each C - F - G - F Progression with a quick "G-F" to make it sound more
the actual song.
C- F- G- Fx2
Get lost...
CWe could go to the Fcinema
CBig effectFs and big name stars
And we Ccould go to that private vFiew
G(F)
But darling, these days, my favourite view is you
CLet's just bin Fthe invitationsC  F  
Leave our bikes down at the stationC  F  
GLose all sense of direction
(F)
With only time to lose
Come on and Crun, coFme, get Glost with Fme
Slip awaCy FdiscGreetlFy
If you're my Clove, then Fcome
Run aGway with Fme till we Crun Fon GemptyF  
NOW!
CWe could stay here till Fclosing time
But the drinCks are flat, and the Fprice is a crime
And Cwe could dance till our Ffeet turn red
G(F) C  
But the beat's so boring and I'd rather be home in our bed
This town is skippiFng like a recCord
And reruFns get me so boredC  
SFo with the nothGing I can afford
(F)
And only time to lose
Come on and Crun, Fcome, get Glost with Fme
Slip aCway FdiscrGeetlFy
If you're my Clove, then Fcome
Run aGway with Fme till we Crun Fon GemptyF  
C- F- G- F  
Let's go now
Get loCst with me, darFling
Get loGst with me, darFling
If this be CloveF  
If this be GloveF  
If this be Clove, comFe onG  F  
C- C- C- C  
C- F- G- F  
C- C- C- C  
[Radom trumpet part]
C- F- G- F  
C- Fx4
Let's goC  
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11. Enchanted
F   GC-F-C
Enchanted, enchanted
This magical Fplace that we've foundG  
No one here but Fus and the soundG  
Of the stars and the Fnight owlsG  
C-F-C
Your breath and the rolling clouds
F   GC-F-C
Enchanted, I am, by you
Now love has come Fto meG  
C-F-C
And set apart thee
From all of the mFaddening crowdsG  
The orchard is Fleaning her Gbows
To hear our FlaughterG  
C-F-C
And we roll in the arder
EnFchanted, i Gam, by Cyou
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12. The Stars
*One "riff", or progression, is used in a big part of the song. Listen to song, and
understand how and when to play it. I'll just call it [Main riff] in the tab. If you
it
hard you can just play Am7. In the beginning of the song there's a cute little melody,
is repeated quite a lot in the song. I've tried to replace that little melody with
F - Am - F - Am progression. If you find the main riff hard, you can replace it with the
- Am- F- AmProgression.
Please note that this song was extremely hard to tab, since there are loads of sounds
melodies going on at the same time. These chords can be used to get a very simple acoustic
of the song, but don't expect it to sound just like the original)
Main riff: Am-Am7, Am-Am7,
Am-Asus-Am.
e |--3---3---3--------|
B |-1---1---1---1-3-1-|
G |-2---2---2---2-2-2-|
D |-2---2---2---2-2-2-|
A |-------------------|
E |-------------------|
Intro: F- Am- F- Amx2
F(I saw, AmI saw tFhe stars toAmnight
FMama, AmI saw Fthe stars tAmonight)
FMama, AmI saw Fthe stars Amtonight
FOrion, Amthe plough, Fthe burning Ambright
FCannot Amrecall wFhere AmI drove
FAn empAmty lane, Fthe loAmnely road
Dm   Dm- G   G- F  Am  
Home
Play [Main Riff] one time without vocals.
Am7I saw, I saw my star toAsusnight
Am7Mama, the stars are burning bAsusright
DmAnd it came Amclear, that the Dmlight years
Are Fhere and lost
[Main Riff]
I laughed, I cried
The death, the life
And all unseen came into sight
The pole, the scales
The dark, the light
Mama, Papa, voila!
The night!
F- Am- F- Am  
F- Am- F- G  
C (Continue playing C for a long time... Listen to song)
Oooooh...
COooh...Dm  
F- Am- F- Am  
The night...
F- Am- F- Am  
F   Am[Main RiffF]Am  
So now, to the one with the neverending invisible scars...
Look up, look up!
The stars!
Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Asus-Am.
Oooooooooooooh...
Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Asus-Am.
Oooooh...
Look up, and see, the stars
Tonight
Look up, look up, the stars
Tonight
Look up, you'll see the stars
Tonight
Look up, look up, the stars
Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Asus-Am.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Asus-Am.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Am7, Am-Asus-Am.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Am
C...Ooooh.
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Magpie (transposed version. No capo needed.)
Intro: Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked)
F#| G#7| A#m| A#m  
F#| G#| A#m| A#m  
Arpeggiating the first four notes of the chords will make it sound like the piano: e.g.
Play twice under violin scale:
e|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
B|--------------------------------|-----------------------------------------|
G|-------3-------3-------3------3-|-------1------1------1------1-----1------|
D|-----4-------4-------4------4- -|-----4------4------4------4-------1------|
A|---4-------4-------4------4-----|---4------4------4------4----------------|
E|-2-------2-------2------2-------|-2------2------2------2------------------|
F#MagD#mpie, was it you who stole the wA#medding ring?
Or what other F#thieving bird would sD#mteal such hope awA#may?
F#   D#m   A#mA#m? (x13311)
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland,
caught among the braF#cken and the fern,
D#mA#msus4 A#m  
and the boys who have no name.
A#mThere's No Name For Us
But Still We SF#ing
F#| G#| A#msus4 | A#m  
Oooooohh... etc.
F#| D#m| A#msus4 | A#m|
And still we sing,
F#Little boy, little boy,G#  
Lost and blueA#m,
FListen now, let me tG#ell you what to dD#mo,
You can rF#un on, run aD#mlong alone or home
Between the kA#mnees of her,
All among her brF#acken and her ferns,
And the G#boy will have a A#mname.
And We Will Sing...
F#| G#| A#msus4 | A#m|
F#| G#| A#msus4 | A#m   C#|
F#One For Sorrow
D#mTwo For Joy
A#msus4Three For A Girl
A#mFour For A Boy
F#Five For Silver
G#Six For Gold
A#mSeven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
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Augustine (transposed version, no capo needed)
Fm G# C#
As thFme bell towG#er blocks the sC#ummer light
FmAll the sG#eeds in our C#garden fight
To bFmreak D#and blC#ossom, all to Cbe adored
And look, your skC#irt is torn
And there's blD#ood on our sheets
As comes the Fmlong aG#rm C#of the law
FmFist tG#ight, C#banging on the door
And kFmnockD#ing C#me down on its Cway inC#  D#  
As I Fmpass G#out inC#to a dream
FmOf whooping G#cranes and C#wooden beams
Great Fmwhite D#wings C#beating
In an aCttic, in a hC#ouse, in the deD#ad of night
Singing
C# D# Fm D# C# Fm
OhC#, my Augustine, Augustine
C# D# Fm D# C# Fm
C#Oh, is this forever, ever?
C#Oh, oD#h
Sweet FmAugD#ustiC#ne, AuFmgusD#tineC#  
What dC#oes this meD#an for us?
Does it mean that FmI can G#never C#change my ways?
FmAnd that's why, G#love, you C#shouldn't stay
Still you Fmwill D#and C#love me
Like a Cmother or a C#maid bringing you down
FmDown, G#Down on your C#brazen knees
FmWatering the G#worms and the C#weeds
FmDm# C#  C  
Thinking, why does love leave me so damn cold?
Now I'm C#getting old
And is this D#what it should be?
Well, is it?
C# D# Fm D# C# Fm
OhC#, my Augustine, Augustine
C# D# Fm D# C# Fm
C#Oh, is this forever, ever?
C#Oh, oD#h
Sweet FmAugD#ustiC#ne, AuFmgusD#tineC#  
Or C#do we kill thiD#s one tonigG#ht?C#  
G# C#
And now come the FmteaG#rs, heC#avy and hot
FmAs it comes cG#lear, this is alC#l we got
As I hFmold yD#ou to C#my bed
Like a caCncer, or a cC#urse
Now be my loD#ving nurse
As we Fmfall back D#into C#the impossible Fmdream
I was going to write "thank you", but I fucking won't. I'm too hardcore to do that.
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