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The Magician

Jason Isbell
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
/:  2x0033
You  watch every  move
and  call it slight  of  hand
you  know it's what  I  do
 but never who I  am, never who I  am
started  on the  street
cards  and dollar  bills
shuffling  my  feet
 never could be  still, never could be  still
 
 and  I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I  can make  myself disappear
I  am an orphan  man but ain't  we all
I  could be  somewhere worse than here
 (Next two verses and all following choruses are the same)
 I had a bride
 sawed her in half
 couple people cried
 but most of them just laughed, most of them just laughed
 and I had a son
 strong of hand and will
 taught him how to run
 but never how to steal, never how to steal
 I am an orphan man but ain't we all
 I can't make myself reappear
 I am an orphan man but ain't we all
 I hope there's somewhere worse than here
I  was called amazing
I  make folks believe
With  nothing in  my pockets
And  nothing up  my sleeve
 (solo/bridge chords same as verses)
 I am an orphan man but ain't we all
 I can make myself disappear
 I am an orphan man but ain't we all
 and I know there's somewhere worse than here
 worse than here
 worse than here

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Readable chord sheet for The Magician by Jason Isbell

[F#]/[G]: 2x0033

[G]   [F#] [G]   [Em/G]
[G]   [F#] [G]   [Em/G]
[G]   [F#] [G]   [Em/G] [D]   [C/G]

[G]You watch ever[F#]y m[G]ove[Em/G]
[G]and call it sl[F#]igh[G]t o[Em/G]f hand
[G]you know it's [F#]wha[G]t I[Em/G] do
but never who I[D] am, never who [C/G]I am

[G]started on th[F#]e s[G]tre[Em/G]et
[G]cards and dol[F#]lar[G] bi[Em/G]lls
[G]shuffling[F#] my[G] fe[Em/G]et
never could be[D] still, never could b[C/G]e still   [G]

    [D]       [C/G]            [Em/G]
an[G]d I am an orphan man but ain't we all
[D]I can m[C/G]ake myself disappear[Em/G]      [F#]         [G]            [G]
[D]I am an [C/G]orphan man but [Em/G]ain't we all [F#]    [G]        [G]
[D]I could b[C/G]e somewhere worse than [Em/G]here  [F#]     [G]        [G]

(Next two verses and all following choruses are the same)

I had a bride
sawed her in half
couple people cried
but most of them just laughed, most of them just laughed

and I had a son
strong of hand and will
taught him how to run
but never how to steal, never how to steal

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can't make myself reappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I hope there's somewhere worse than here

[Am/G]I was called [C/G]amazing
[Am/G]I make folks [C/G]believe
[Am/G]With nothing [C/G]in my pockets
[Am/G]And nothing u[C/G]p my sleeve

(solo/bridge chords same as verses)

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can make myself disappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
and I know there's somewhere worse than here
worse than here
worse than here

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