B Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
Yes, my love, oh we are magicians, you and I
Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
And soon we'll see, the cloud shapes in our eyes
Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
are blind, but fly, forever just the same,
Gb7 B
forever just the same
Verse:
B Ab7
Oh you - you've been sleeping in the rough
Db7 Gb7
a travelling man took you by the hand, and still I wonder
B Ab7
Why girl - you've got a pocket full of snuff
Db7 Gb7
a meek and mild, ragtime child who sometimes wonders
Chorus:
Dbm Gb7
Why, the crowds all stare
B Ab7
Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away, from my bear
Dbm Gb7
I've got 10 bob on that one, and ill not be having no
B Ab7
mad assed kid, do me wrong
Dbm Gb7
and suddenly the curtain falls
Verse:
B Ab7
Oh it - it may well hap' to be
Db7
That there's magic wed, in ragged threads
Gb7
That you sleep under
B Ab7
To find – there's an comfort in melody
Db7
To a mild and meek, ragtime chic
Gb7
And still I wonder
Chorus:
Dbm Gb7
Why, the crowds all stare
B Ab7
Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away, from my bear
Dbm Gb7
I've got 10 bob on that one, and ill not be having no
B Ab7
mad assed kid do me wrong
Dbm Gb7
and suddenly, the curtain falls
Bridge:
Eb7 Abm
Mary's just a poor girl
E Gb7
Turned alabaster call girl, with bruised and pale pins
Eb7 Abm E
Mary's still a poor girl, so through those gutters crawl girl
Gb7
Your secrets sleeping in
Chorus:
Dbm Gb7
Why the crowds all stare
B Ab7
Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away from my bear
Dbm Gb7
I've got 10 bob on that one, and I'll not be having no
B Ab7
mad assed kid do me wrong
Dbm Gb7
and suddenly, the curtain falls
Outro:
B Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
Yes, my love, oh we are magicians, you and I
Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
And soon we'll see, the cloud shapes in our eyes
Ab7 Db7 Gb7 B
are blind, but fly, forever just the same,
Gb7 B
forever just the same