Schoolhouse Rock - Three Is A Magic Number

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Three is a Magic Number
By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973
This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.
Capo 2 for original TV version.
DGA
Intro:
--First Verse Single Strum Chords--
D G D G
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Three, is a magic number,
D G D G
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Yes it is, it's a magic number.
D G D G
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Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
D G D G
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You get three as a magic number.
--Strumming--
D G
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The past and the present and the future.
D G
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Faith and Hope and Charity,
D G
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The heart and the brain and the body
D G D G
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Give you three, as a magic number.
D G
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It takes three legs to make a tri-pod
D G
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Or to make a table stand.
D G
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It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle
D G
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Called a tricycle.
D G
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Every triangle has three corners,
D G
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Every triangle has three sides,
D G
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No more, no less.
D G
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You don't have to guess.
D G
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When it's three you can see
D G
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It's a magic number.
D G D G
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A man and a woman had a little baby,
D G
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Yes, they did.
D G D G
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They had three in the family,
D GD G
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And that's a magic number.
D G D G D G D G
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3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
D G D G D G D G
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3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
D G
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(Spoken) multiply backwards from three times ten
D G D G
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Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
D G D G
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Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
D G D G
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Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
D G
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Three times four is 12,
Bm A G
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And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E A
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And three times one is three of course.
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(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more
D G D G D G D G
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3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
D G D G D G D G
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3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
D G
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(Spoken) now multiply from ten backwards
D G D G
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Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
D G D G
| | |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
D G D G
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Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
D G
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Three times four is 12,
Bm A G
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And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E A
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And three times one (what is it?)
D G D G D G
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THREE! Yeah!, That’s a magic number
D G D G
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A man and a woman had a little baby.
D G
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Yes, they did,
D G D G
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There were three in the family.
D
| --Hold last chord--
That's a magic number.

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Three is a Magic Number 
By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973
This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.
Capo 2 for original TV version.
Intro: D G A
--First Verse Single Strum Chords--
--Strumming--
|                                         |
(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more

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