Magic Position
Patrick WolfVersion1
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
- - -
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
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.
So let the people talk
It's Monday morning walk
Right past the fabulous mess we're in
It's gonna be a beautiful day
So do the bluebirds sing
As I take your hand
And you take my kiss
And I take the world
'Cause out of all the people I've known
The places I've been
The songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
Now that the dreams are all coming true
Who is the one that leads me on through
It's you
Who puts me in the magic position, darling now
You put me in the magic position
To live, to learn, to love in the major key the major key
the major key the major key
And I know how you've hurt
And been dragged through the dirt
But c'mon get back up
It's the time to live
So give your love to me
I'm gonna keep it carefully
Deep in the treasure chest below my breast
'Cause out of all the people I've known
The places I've been
The songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
Now that the dreams are all coming true
Who is the one that leads me on through
It's you
Who puts me in the magic position, darling now
You put me in the magic position, darling so
Let me put you in the magic position, darling
'Cause I'm singing in the, the major key
the major key
the major key
Let me put you in the, the major key
If you want to add chords to the end then play Fthen end on B.
starts right after shouting emergency!): E B A - A B E - E B A
Emergency!
So c'mon:
Give me the worst and then again
I'm feeling braver than I've ever been
From the skull down to the feet
All out for blood and sweat and meat
And for...
Accident! Emergency!
To terrorists, catastrophe
Drop this agony, and misery
Give me accident and emergency
So what happens when you lose everything?
You just carry on and with a grin
(Sing!)
For all that your life has to bring
And just get yourself back into the ring
(Knuckles out!)
Accident! Emergency!
To terrorists, catastrophe
Drop this agony, and misery
Hold on for accident and emergency
If you never lose
How you gonna know when you won?
And if it's never dark
How you gonna know the sun
When it shines?
You've got to let it shine
(Accident, emergency
Accident, emergency
'mon!
Accident, emergency)
Bringing out the best in me
4. The Bluebell
Down in the park
In the last of the light
Among the stray dogs and families
I smell the bonfires, and watch the bombs
Fireworks burst above the trees
Into pillows of white cloud, and
Another year has gone
Now it is the fifth of November
I lock the doors, and
Swallow the key
And draw the curtains, closed forever
Forever
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)
- - - x16
Lucy, remember
The smell of that fall
The fires of fungus
And the rotting leaves
I fell off the wagon
Into your arms
Into this long month of sundays
And you were my husband
My wife, my heroin
Now this is our final December
Now I'm deep in a forest
Losing all thought of spring
And nothing can help me remember
And I'm going nowhere fast
A darker day has holed at last
Deep in a dream I set the calmness to spinning
And your love has come too late
Away from the garden gate
Wake me up when the blue bells are ringing
Now that it's over after all that we had
It comes, A river runs through the rafters down, down, down
Does it leave me sleeping? Dreaming only of spring
The phone rings out and I remember
But I'm going nowhere fast
A darker day has holed at last
Deep in this dream I set the calmness to spinning
And your love has come too late
Now wave to the garden gate
Wake me up when the blue bells are ringing
Ringing, ringing, ringing...
6. Magpie
Also, use G barred on the 3rd fret
Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked)
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--------------|
Magpie, was it you who stole the wedding ring?
Or what other thieving bird would steal such hope away?
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland,
caught among the bracken and the fern,
and the boys who have no name.
There's No Name For Us
But Still We Sing
Oooooohh... etc.
And still we sing, Oooooohh
Little boy, little boy,
Lost and blue,
Listen now, let me tell you what to do,
You can run on, run along alone or home
Between the knees of her,
All among her bracken and her ferns,
And the boy will have a name.
And We Will Sing...
One For Sorrow
Two For Joy
Three For A Girl
Four For A Boy
Five For Silver
Six For Gold
Seven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
As the bell tower blocks the summer light
All the seeds in our garden fight
To break and blossom, all to be adored
And look, your skirt is torn
And there's blood on our sheets
As comes the long arm of the law
Fist tight, banging on the door
And knocking me down on its way in
As I pass out into a dream
Of whooping cranes and wooden beams
Great white wings beating
In an attic, in a house, in the dead of night
Singing
Oh, my Augustine, Augustine
Oh, is this forever, ever?
Oh, oh
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
What does this mean for us?
Does it mean that I can never change my ways?
And that's why, love, you shouldn't stay
Still you will and love me
Like a mother or a maid bringing you down,
Down, Down on your brazen knees
Watering the worms and the weeds
Thinking, why does love leave me so damn cold?
Now I'm getting old
And is this what it should be?
Well, is it?
Oh, my Augustine, Augustine
Oh, is this forever, ever?
Oh, oh
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
Or do we kill this one tonight?
And now come the tears, heavy and hot
As it comes clear, this is all we got
As I hold you to my bed
Like a cancer, or a curse
Now be my loving nurse
As we fall back into the impossible dream
10. Get Lost
- - - x2
Get lost...
We could go to the cinema
Big effects and big name stars
And we could go to that private view
But darling, these days, my favourite view is you
Let's just bin the invitations
Leave our bikes down at the station
Lose all sense of direction
With only time to lose
Come on and run, come, get lost with me
Slip away discreetly
If you're my love, then come
Run away with me till we run on empty
NOW!
We could stay here till closing time
But the drinks are flat, and the price is a crime
And we could dance till our feet turn red
But the beat's so boring and I'd rather be home in our bed
This town is skipping like a record
And reruns get me so bored
So with the nothing I can afford
And only time to lose
Come on and run, come, get lost with me
Slip away discreetly
If you're my love, then come
Run away with me till we run on empty
Let's go now
Get lost with me, darling
Get lost with me, darling
If this be love
If this be love
If this be love, come on
- x4
Let's go
11. Enchanted
Enchanted, enchanted
This magical place that we've found
No one here but us and the sound
Of the stars and the night owls
Your breath and the rolling clouds
Enchanted, I am, by you
Now love has come to me
And set apart thee
From all of the maddening crowds
The orchard is leaning her bows
To hear our laughter
And we roll in the arder
Enchanted, i am, by you
12. The Stars
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: -, -,
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 |-------------------|
- - - x2
(I saw, I saw the stars tonight
Mama, I saw the stars tonight)
Mama, I saw the stars tonight
Orion, the plough, the burning bright
Cannot recall where I drove
An empty lane, the lonely road
Home
Play one time without vocals.
I saw, I saw my star tonight
Mama, the stars are burning bright
And it came clear, that the light years
Are here and lost
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!
C (Continue playing C for a long time... Listen to song)
Oooooh...
Oooh...
The night...
]
So now, to the one with the neverending invisible scars...
Look up, look up!
The stars!
Oooooooooooooh...
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
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
Toniiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
...Ooooh.
Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked)
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------------------|
Magpie, was it you who stole the wedding ring?
Or what other thieving bird would steal such hope away?
Magpie, I am lost among the hinterland,
caught among the bracken and the fern,
and the boys who have no name.
There's No Name For Us
But Still We Sing
Oooooohh... etc.
And still we sing,
Little boy, little boy,
Lost and blue,
Listen now, let me tell you what to do,
You can run on, run along alone or home
Between the knees of her,
All among her bracken and her ferns,
And the boy will have a name.
And We Will Sing...
One For Sorrow
Two For Joy
Three For A Girl
Four For A Boy
Five For Silver
Six For Gold
Seven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
As the bell tower blocks the summer light
All the seeds in our garden fight
To break and blossom, all to be adored
And look, your skirt is torn
And there's blood on our sheets
As comes the long arm of the law
Fist tight, banging on the door
And knocking me down on its way in
As I pass out into a dream
Of whooping cranes and wooden beams
Great white wings beating
In an attic, in a house, in the dead of night
Singing
Oh, my Augustine, Augustine
Oh, is this forever, ever?
Oh, oh
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
What does this mean for us?
Does it mean that I can never change my ways?
And that's why, love, you shouldn't stay
Still you will and love me
Like a mother or a maid bringing you down
Down, Down on your brazen knees
Watering the worms and the weeds
Thinking, why does love leave me so damn cold?
Now I'm getting old
And is this what it should be?
Well, is it?
Oh, my Augustine, Augustine
Oh, is this forever, ever?
Oh, oh
Sweet Augustine, Augustine
Or do we kill this one tonight?
And now come the tears, heavy and hot
As it comes clear, this is all we got
As I hold you to my bed
Like a cancer, or a curse
Now be my loving nurse
As we fall back into the impossible dream
I was going to write "thank you", but I fucking won't. I'm too hardcore to do that.
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Readable chord sheet for Magic Position by Patrick Wolf
[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
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] [Abm] [F#] [E] [F#]
[B] [Bb] [Abm] [F#] [E] [F#]
[B]So let the people talk
It's [B]Mon[Bb]day [Abm]morning walk
[Abm]Right pa[F#]st the f[E]abulous mess we're i[F#]n
It's gonna be a [B]beautiful day
So do t[Bb]he [Abm]bluebirds sing
A[F#]s I [E]take your hand
And you take m[F#]y kiss
And I take the [B]world [Bb] [Abm] [F#] [E] [F#]
'Cause out of all the [E]people I've known
The places I've been
The [F#]songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
[E]Now that the dreams are all coming true
[F#]Who is the one that leads me on through
It's [B]you
Who puts me in [F#]the [E]magic position, darling n[F#]ow
[B]You put me in [F#]the [E]magic position [F#]
[B] [F#] [E] [F#] [B]
To[F#] live, to[E] learn, to love in the major key the major key
the [F#]major key[B] the [F#]major key[E]
A[F#]nd I know [B]how you've hurt
And been d[Bb]ragged [Abm]through the dirt
But[F#] c'mon [E]get back up
It's the time to [F#]live
So give your [B]love to me
I'm gonna ke[Bb]ep it [Abm]carefully
Deep in [F#]the [E]treasure chest below my[F#] breast
'Cause out of all the [E]people I've known
The places I've been
The [F#]songs that I have sung
The wonders I've seen
[E]Now that the dreams are all coming true
[F#]Who is the one that leads me on through
It's [B]you
Who puts me in [F#]the [E]magic position, darling n[F#]ow
[B]You put me in [F#]the [E]magic position, darling s[F#]o
[B]Let me put you in [F#]the [E]magic position, darling
'[F#]Cause [B]I'm singing in[F#] the[E], [F#] the major [E]key
the m[Abm]ajor ke[F#]y [E] [Abm] [F#]
the major [B]key [F#] [E] [F#]
[B]Let me put you in t[F#]he, [E] the major key
If you want to add chords to the end then play F
starts right after shouting emergency!): E B A - A B E - E B A
Emergency!
So c'mon:
[A]Give me the worst and then again [B]
[E]I'm feeling braver than I've ever been [B]
[A]From the skull down t[B]o the feet
[E]All out for blood and sweat and meat
And for...
[E]Accident! Emergency!
To te[A]rrorists, catastrophe
Drop this [E]agony, and misery
G[B]ive me [A]accident and emergency
[A]So what happens when you lose eve[B]rything?
You just [E]carry on and with a[B] grin
(Sing!)
[A]For all that your life has to b[B]ring
[E]And just get yourself back into the ring
(Knuckles out!)
[E]Accident! Emergency!
To te[A]rrorists, catastrophe
Drop this [E]agony, and misery
H[B]old on for [A]accident and emergency
If you [A]never lose
How you gonna [E]know when you [B]won?
And if it's [A]never dark
How you gonna [E]know the sun[B]
When it [A]shines?
You've got to [B]let it shine
[E] [B] [A] [B] [E] [B] [A]
(A[E]ccident, emergency [B]
[A]Accident, emergency [B]
[C]'mon!
[E]Accident, emergency)[B]
[A]Bringing out the best in me [E]
4. The Bluebell
[F]Down in the park
In the las[Am]t of the light
[F]Among the stray dogs and [G]families
[F]I smell the bonfires, and [Am]watch the bombs
[F]Fireworks burst ab[G]ove the trees
[F]Into pillows of white cloud, and
[Am]Another year has gone
[F]Now it is the fifth of[G] November
[F]I lock the doors, and
[Am]Swallow the key
[F]And draw the curtains, closed [Gm]forever
[G]Forever
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)
[C] - [C] - [C] - [C] x16
[F] Lucy, rem[Am]ember
[F] The smell of that f[Am]all
[F] The fires of fu[Am]ngus
And the rot[G]ting leaves
[F] I fell off the w[Am]agon
[F] Into your a[Am]rms
[F] Into this l[Am]ong month of sun[G]days
[F] And you were my hu[Am]sband
[F] My wife, my h[Am]eroin
[F] Now this is our fi[Am]nal Dece[G]mber
[F] Now I'm deep in a f[Am]orest
[F] Losing all thought of sp[Am]ring
[F] And nothing can h[Am]elp me rem[G]ember
And I'm going now[F]here f[Am]ast
A darker day[F] has holed at l[Am]ast
Deep in a dr[F]eam I set the c[Am]almness to sp[G]inning
And your love has co[F]me too l[Am]ate
Away from the[F] garden g[Am]ate
Wake me [F]up when the [Am]blue bells are r[G]inging
[F] Now that it's o[Am]ver after[F] all that we [Am]had
[F] It comes, A river r[Am]uns through the ra[G]fters down, down, down
[F] Does it leave me[Am] sleeping? Dreamin[F]g only of[Am] spring
[F] The phone rings [Am]out and I rem[G]ember
But I'm going n[F]owhere f[Am]ast
A darker day[F] has holed at l[Am]ast
Deep in this [F]dream I set the [Am]calmness to sp[G]inning
And your love has [F]come too [Am]late
Now wave to the[F] garden g[Am]ate
Wake me [F]up when the [Am]blue bells are ri[G]nging
[F]Ringi[Am]ng, r[F]ing[Am]ing, r[F]ing[Am]ing...
6. Magpie
Also, use G barred on the 3rd fret
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--------------|
[F]Magpie, wa[Dm]s it you who stole th[Am]e wedding ring?
Or what other th[F]ieving bird would steal [Dm]such hope aw[Am]ay?
Ma[F]gpie, I [Dm]am lost among the hint[Am]erland, [Am]
caught among the[F] bracken and the fern,
and the [Dm]boys who have no na[Amsus4]me. [Am]
[Am]There's No Name For Us
But Still We Sing [F]
[F]Oooo[G]oohh[Amsus4]... etc. [Am]
And still we sing, Oooo[F]oohh[Dm] [Amsus4] [Am]
[F]Little boy, little boy,[G]
Lost and[Am] blue,
[F]Listen now, let me [G]tell you what to [Dm]do,
You can [F]run on, run along a[Dm]lone or home
Between the k[Am]nees of her,
All among her br[F]acken and her ferns,
And the [G]boy will have a [Am]name.
And We Will Sing...
[F] [G] [Amsus4] [Am]
[F] [G] [Amsus4] [Am] [C]
[F]One For Sorrow
[Dm]Two For Joy
[Amsus4]Three For A Girl
[Am]Four For A Boy
[F]Five For Silver
[G]Six For Gold
[Am]Seven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
[Em] [G] [C]
As the [Em]bell tower [G]blocks the [C]summer light
[Em]All the s[G]eeds in our garden [C]fight
To br[Em]eak and [D]bloss[C]om, all to [B]be adored
And look, your s[C]kirt is torn
And there's [D]blood on our sheets
As comes the [Em]long [G]arm [C]of the law
[Em]Fist t[G]ight, ba[C]nging on the door
[Em] [D] [C] [B] [C]
A[D]nd knocking me down on its way in
As I [Em]pass [G]out into a [C]dream
[Em]Of whooping [G]cranes and [C]wooden beams
Great [Em]white [D]wings [C]beating
In an att[B]ic, in a [C]house, in the d[D]ead of night
Singing
[C]Oh,[D] my [Em]Augu[D]sti[C]ne, [Em]Aug[D]usti[C]ne
[C]Oh[D], is this f[Em]ore[D]ve[C]r, [Em]eve[D]r?[C]
[C]Oh, [D]oh
Sweet [Em]Aug[D]ust[C]ine, [Em]Aug[D]ust[C]ine
What d[C]oes this m[D]ean for us?
Does it mean that [Em]I can [G]never [C]change my ways?
[Em]And that's why, [G]love, you [C]shouldn't stay
Still you [Em]will [D]and [C]love me
Like a [B]mother or a [C]maid bringing you down,
[Em]Down, Do[G]wn on your [C]brazen knees
[Em]Watering the [G]worms and the [C]weeds
Thinking, why [Em]does [D]love [C]leave me [B]so damn cold?
Now I'm [C]getting old
And is this [D]what it should be?
Well, is it?
[C]Oh,[D] my [Em]Augu[D]sti[C]ne, [Em]Aug[D]usti[C]ne
[C]Oh[D], is this f[Em]ore[D]ve[C]r, [Em]eve[D]r?[C]
[C]Oh, [D]oh
Sweet [Em]Aug[D]ust[C]ine, [Em]Aug[D]ust[C]ine
Or [C]do we kill th[D]is one ton[G]ight? [C]
[G] [C]
And now come the [Em]tear[G]s, [C]heavy and hot
[Em]As it comes clea[G]r, this is [C]all we got
As I h[Em]old y[D]ou t[C]o my bed
Like a [B]cancer, or a [C]curse
Now be my [D]loving nurse
As we [Em]fall back [D]into the [C]impossible [Em]dream
10. Get Lost
[C] - [F] - [G] - [F] x2
Get lost...
[C]We could go to the [F]cinema
[C]Big effect[F]s and big name stars
And we [C]could go to that private v[F]iew
But da[G]rling, these days, my favourite view is you [F]
[C]Let's just bin[F] the invitations [C] [F]
Leave our bikes down at the station [C] [F]
[G]Lose all sense of direction
With only time to [F]lose
Come on and [C]run, co[F]me, get [G]lost with [F]me
Slip awa[C]y [F]disc[G]reetl[F]y
If you're my [C]love, then [F]come
Run a[G]way with [F]me till we [C]run [F]on [G]empty [F]
NOW!
[C]We could stay here till [F]closing time
But the drin[C]ks are flat, and the [F]price is a crime
And[C] we could dance till our [F]feet turn red
But the [G]beat's so boring and I'd[F] rather be home in our [C]bed
This town is skippi[F]ng like a rec[C]ord
And reru[F]ns get me so bored [C]
S[F]o with the noth[G]ing I can afford
And only [F]time to lose
Come on and [C]run, [F]come, get [G]lost with [F]me
Slip a[C]way [F]discr[G]eetl[F]y
If you're my [C]love, then [F]come
Run a[G]way with [F]me till we [C]run [F]on [G]empty[F]
Let's go now [C] [F] [G] [F]
Get lo[C]st with me, dar[F]ling
Get lo[G]st with me, dar[F]ling
If this be [C]love [F]
If this be [G]love [F]
If this be [C]love, com[F]e on[G] [F]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[C] [F] [G] [F]
[C] [C] [C] [C]
[Radom trumpet part]
[C] [F] [G] [F]
[C] - [F] x4
Let's go [C]
11. Enchanted
Enchant[F]ed, [G]enchanted [C] [F] [C]
This magical [F]place that we've found [G]
No one here but [F]us and the sound[G]
Of the stars and the [F]night owls [G]
Your breath and the [C]ro[F]ll[C]ing clouds
Ench[F]anted, I [G]am, by you [C] [F] [C]
Now love has come [F]to me [G]
And set a[C]pa[F]rt[C] thee
From all of the m[F]addening crowds [G]
The orchard is [F]leaning her [G]bows
To hear our [F]laughter [G]
And we roll in the arder [C] [F] [C]
En[F]chanted, i [G]am, by [C]you
12. The Stars
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] [Asus4] [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 |-------------------|
[F] - [Am] - [F] - [Am] x2
[F](I saw, [Am]I saw t[F]he stars to[Am]night
[F]Mama, [Am]I saw [F]the stars t[Am]onight)
[F]Mama, [Am]I saw [F]the stars[Am] tonight
[F]Orion, [Am]the plough, [F]the burning[Am] bright
[F]Cannot [Am]recall w[F]here[Am] I drove
[F]An emp[Am]ty lane, [F]the lo[Am]nely road
[Dm]Home [Dm] [G] [G] [F] [Am]
Play [Main Riff] one time without vocals.
[Am7]I saw, I saw my star to[Asus4]night
[Am7]Mama, the stars are burning b[Asus4]right
[Dm]And it came [Am]clear, that the [Dm]light years
Are [F]here 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...
[C]Oooh... [Dm]
The night... [F] [Am] [F] [Am]
[F] [Am] [F] [Am]
[F] [Am] [Main Riff[F]] [Am]
So now, to the one with the neverending invisible scars...
Look up, look up!
The stars!
[Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Asus4] [Am]Oooooooooooooh...
[Am]Ooo[Am7]ooh..[Am]. [Am7] [Am] [Am7] [Am] [Asus4] [Am]
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]Ton[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Asus4]iiiiii[Am]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
[Am]Ton[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Asus4]iiiiii[Am]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
[Am]Ton[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Am7]iiiii[Am]iii[Asus4]iiiiii[Am]iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight.
[Am]
[C]...Ooooh.
Strum these chords once (this song sounds even better when fingerpicked)
[F#] [Ab7] [Bbm] [Bbm]
[F#] [Ab] [Bbm] [Bbm]
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#]Mag[Ebm]pie, was it you who stole the w[Bbm]edding ring?
Or what other [F#]thieving bird would s[Ebm]teal such hope aw[Bbm]ay?
M[F#]agpi[Ebm]e, I am lost among the hinterland, [Bbm] [Bbm]
caught among the bra[F#]cken and the fern,
and the b[Ebm]oys who have no [A#msus4]name. [Bbm]
[Bbm]There's No Name For Us
But Still We S[F#]ing
[F#]Ooooo[Ab]ohh..[A#msus4]. etc. [Bbm]
[F#]And s[Ebm]till w[A#msus4]e sing, [Bbm]
[F#]Little boy, little boy,[Ab]
Lost and blue[Bbm],
[F]Listen now, let me t[Ab]ell you what to d[Ebm]o,
You can r[F#]un on, run a[Ebm]long alone or home
Between the k[Bbm]nees of her,
All among her br[F#]acken and her ferns,
And the [Ab]boy will have a [Bbm]name.
And We Will Sing...
[F#] [Ab] [A#msus4] [Bbm]
[F#] [Ab] [A#msus4] [Bbm] [C#]
[F#]One For Sorrow
[Ebm]Two For Joy
[A#msus4]Three For A Girl
[Bbm]Four For A Boy
[F#]Five For Silver
[Ab]Six For Gold
[Bbm]Seven For A Secret, Never To Be Told
[Fm] [Ab] [C#]
As th[Fm]e bell tow[Ab]er blocks the s[C#]ummer light
[Fm]All the s[Ab]eeds in our [C#]garden fight
To b[Fm]reak [Eb]and bl[C#]ossom, all to [C]be adored
And look, your sk[C#]irt is torn
And there's bl[Eb]ood on our sheets
As comes the[Fm] long a[Ab]rm [C#]of the law
[Fm]Fist t[Ab]ight, [C#]banging on the door
And k[Fm]nock[Eb]ing[C#] me down on its [C]way in [C#] [Eb]
As I [Fm]pass[Ab] out in[C#]to a dream
[Fm]Of whooping [Ab]cranes and [C#]wooden beams
Great [Fm]white [Eb]wings [C#]beating
In an a[C]ttic, in a h[C#]ouse, in the de[Eb]ad of night
Singing
[C#] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb] [C#] [Fm]
Oh[C#], my Augustine, Augustine
[C#] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb] [C#] [Fm]
[C#]Oh, is this forever, ever?
[C#]Oh, o[Eb]h
Sweet [Fm]Aug[Eb]usti[C#]ne, Au[Fm]gus[Eb]tine[C#]
What d[C#]oes this me[Eb]an for us?
Does it mean that [Fm]I can [Ab]never [C#]change my ways?
[Fm]And that's why, [Ab]love, you [C#]shouldn't stay
Still you [Fm]will [Eb]and [C#]love me
Like a [C]mother or a [C#]maid bringing you down
[Fm]Down, [Ab]Down on your [C#]brazen knees
[Fm]Watering the [Ab]worms and the [C#]weeds
Thinking, why [Fm]does [Ebm]love [C#]leave me [C]so damn cold?
Now I'm [C#]getting old
And is this [Eb]what it should be?
Well, is it?
[C#] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb] [C#] [Fm]
Oh[C#], my Augustine, Augustine
[C#] [Eb] [Fm] [Eb] [C#] [Fm]
[C#]Oh, is this forever, ever?
[C#]Oh, o[Eb]h
Sweet [Fm]Aug[Eb]usti[C#]ne, Au[Fm]gus[Eb]tine[C#]
Or [C#]do we kill thi[Eb]s one tonig[Ab]ht? [C#]
[Ab] [C#]
And now come the [Fm]tea[Ab]rs, he[C#]avy and hot
[Fm]As it comes c[Ab]lear, this is al[C#]l we got
As I h[Fm]old y[Eb]ou to[C#] my bed
Like a ca[C]ncer, or a c[C#]urse
Now be my lo[Eb]ving nurse
As we [Fm]fall back [Eb]into [C#]the impossible [Fm]dream
I was going to write "thank you", but I fucking won't. I'm too hardcore to do that.