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Date: Thu, 14 Nov 1996 14:50:49 -0500
From: Andrew Rogers
Subject: ./v/vogues/magic_town.crd
"Magic Town"
(Barry Mann - Cynthia Weil)
Intro:
D/E
/ / / / / / / /
Verse 1:
D/E
They told me the streets were all paved with gold
C#m7/E
But these dirty sidewalks are gray and concrete cold
G/A
They said neon lights were a beautiful sight
But how 'bout the one blinking in
C E7sus4 E7
My room all night
Chorus:
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/v/vogues/magic_town_crd.html ]
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 E
And where's the magic in this magic town?
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 E
Where's the good life they said could be found?
C#m7 F#m7 Bm7 /C# /D D#m7-5 D/E
Where's the magic to make all my big dreams come true
(D/E)
1: I gotta find it, girl, before I send for you (to verse 2)
(D/E) A
2: I gotta find it, girl before I send for you (to piano solo)
(D/E)
3: I gotta find it, girl, if it can be found
[N.C.]
Before I bring you to (to coda)
Verse 2:
They said in this town you get rich in no time
But here I am and I'm down to my last dime
I just don't know why I bother to try
When nobody here gives a hang
If I live or die
[repeat chorus]
Piano solo:
piano [4X]:
A /C# D E D E
v v v v v v v v
-r--/--/--/--/--/-|-/-------/---/---
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ [4: and where's the]
3 3
Coda (chords as per piano solo):
A /C# D E
This magic town
D E A /C# D E
This magic town (repeat to fade)
-- another ace 60's tab from Andrew Rogers
