The Magic Wasn't There

Chord transcription by Ian Chippett:

Intro: F

                                    Ab
With just a word, a single sign of care
             G        G7                 C
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
     Bb(C bass)           F
But circumstances never smiled
Bb           Bbm(6)        F
Because the magic wasn't there

Who was it then, the poet who once said
"How beautiful they are, the trains you miss"?
So time can't put an end to this
I have the memory instead

            Ab                  Db        Gb
     These nothing scenes are still experience
               C7                          F
     You even weep for what did not take place
       Ab                 Db             Gb
     Events that don't occur are still events
                  C              C7
     Some people vanish with a trace

With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
Because the magic wasn't there

With just a word, a single sign of care
With just a touch, I could have been beguiled
But circumstances never smiled
     A7             Dm                 Bbmaj7
And now what never happened drives me wild
Bb(C bass)                 F    F7
Because the magic wasn't there
Bb   Bbm(6)        F    F7
The magic wasn't there
Bb   Bbm(6)        F
The magic wasn't there

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