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Magic Carpet Ride

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Magic Carpet Ride chords
DI like Cto Gdream     D     C  Gyes, yes
DRight beCtween my Gsound machineD  C  G  
On a Dcloud of Csound I Gdrift in the night
  DAny Cplace it Ggoes is right
  DGoes Cfar,   Gflies near,   Dto the Cstars aGway from here
Well, Dyou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gfind
DWhy don't you Ccome with Gme little girl
  DOn a Cmagic Gcarpet ride
  DYou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gsee
DWhy don't you Ctell your Gdreams to me
DFantaCsy will Gset you free
GClose your eyes girl, Bblook inside girl
CLet the sound take you aGway...
Last Dnight I Cheld AlGaddin's lamp
  DAnd so I Cwished that GI could stay
  DBefore the Cthing could Ganswer me
Well, Dsomeone Ccame and took the Glamp away
  DI Clooked   Garound,   Da lousy Ccandle's Gall I found
Well, Dyou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gfind
DWhy don't you Ccome with Gme little girl
  DOn a Cmagic Gcarpet ride
Well  DYou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gsee
DWhy don't you Ctell your Gdreams to me
DFantaCsy will Gset you free
GClose your eyes girl, Bblook inside girl
CLet the sound take you aGway
[Instrumental]
G   G   G   G
   E     E     E    Ex15
Well, Dyou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gfind
DWhy don't you Ccome with Gme little girl
  DOn a Cmagic Gcarpet ride
Well  DYou Cdon't Gknow what   Dwe Ccan Gsee
DWhy don't you Ctell your Gdreams to me
DFantaCsy will Gset you free    (fade)
Capo III
  D= B  
  C= A  
  G= E  
 Bb= G  

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Magic Carpet Ride

by Steppenwolf

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Magic Carpet Ride chords

D C G D C G

I like to dream yes, yes

D C G D C G

Right between my sound machine

D C G

On a cloud of sound I drift in the night

D C G

Any place it goes is right

D C G D C G

Goes far, flies near, to the stars away from here

D C G D C G

Well, you don't know what we can find

D C G

Why don't you come with me little girl

D C G

On a magic carpet ride

D C G D C G

You don't know what we can see

D C G

Why don't you tell your dreams to me

D C G

Fantasy will set you free

G Bb

Close your eyes girl, look inside girl

C G

Let the sound take you away...

D C G

Last night I held Aladdin's lamp

D C G

And so I wished that I could stay

D C G

Before the thing could answer me

D C G

Well, someone came and took the lamp away

D C G D C G

I looked around, a lousy candle's all I found

D C G D C G

Well, you don't know what we can find

D C G

Why don't you come with me little girl

D C G

On a magic carpet ride

D C G D C G

Well You don't know what we can see

D C G

Why don't you tell your dreams to me

D C G

Fantasy will set you free

G Bb

Close your eyes girl, look inside girl

C G

Let the sound take you away

[Instrumental]

G G G G

E E E E

x15

D C G D C G

Well, you don't know what we can find

D C G

Why don't you come with me little girl

D C G

On a magic carpet ride

D C G D C G

Well You don't know what we can see

D C G

Why don't you tell your dreams to me

D C G

Fantasy will set you free (fade)

Capo III

D B

C A

G E

Bb G

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