Magic Number Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[D]Thr[G]ee [A]is [G]a m[A]agi[G]c[D][G]
number
Yes it [D]is, [G]it's a magic
[D]number[G]
Somewhere in that ancient
mystic trinity
You'll get three
As a magic number
The [D]past and the present and the [G]future
[D]Faith, and [G]hope, and charity
The [D]heart and the brain and the [G]body
Give you [D]three
[G]As a magic num[D]ber[G]

[Verse 2]
[G]It takes three legs to make a tripod
or to [D]make a table stand
[G]And it [D]takes three [G]wheels to make
a vehicle [D]called a tricycle
[G]And [D]every triangle has [G]three corners
[D]Every tri[G]angle has three sides
No [D]more, no [G]less
You [D]don't have [G]to guess
When it's [D]three
You can see?
[G]It's a magic num[D]ber
[G]A

[Verse 3]
[D]man and a woman [G]had a little [D]baby[G]
Yes [D]they did[G]
And they had [D]three in the [G]family[D]
[G]That's a magic num[D]ber[G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
[D]Three, six, [G]nine
[D]Twelve, fifteen, eight[G]een
Twenty-one, [D]twenty-four, twenty-seven
Thirty
Thirty
[G]Thirty[D]
[G]Thirty

[Verse 5]
[D]Three, six, [G]nine
[D]Twelve, fifteen, eight[G]een
Twenty-one, [D]twenty-four, twenty-seven
Thirty
Thirty
[G]Thirty

[Verse 6]
[D]
[G]Thirty
Now the [D]multiples of three [G]come
up three [D]times in each set [G]of ten
In the [D]first ten you get three,
[G]six, nine
And in the [D]teens ten [G]it's twelve,
fifteen [D]and eighteen
And in the [G]twenties you get [D]a twenty-one,
twenty-four, twenty-seven
[G]And And And And it [D]comes
out even at [G]thirty
Now [D]multiply [G]backwards
from three times ten
[D]Three times ten [G]is thirty
[D]Three times nine [G]is twenty-seven
Three [D]Three times eight [G]is twenty-four
Three [D]Three times seven [G]is twenty-one
Three [D]Three times six is [G]eighteen
[D]Three times five is [G]fifteen
[D]Three times four is [G]twelve
And three times [D]three is nine
And [A]three times two is [Bm]six
[Abdim]And three times one is[A]
three [D]of course
(Now dig the pattern [G]once more)

[Verse 7]
[D]Three, six, nine
[G]Twe[D]lve, fifteen, eighteen[G]
Twenty-one, [D]twenty-four, twenty-seven
Thirty
Thirty
[G]Thirty Thirty

[Verse 8]
[D]
[G]Yeah thirty,

[Verse 9]
now multiply from ten backwards
[D]Three times ten is [G]thirty
Three times nine is twenty-seven
Three [D]Three times eight is [G]twenty-four
Three Three times seven is twenty-one
Three Three times six is eighteen
Three [D]times five is [G]fifteen
[D]Three times [G]four is twelve
And three times three is [A]nine
And three times two is [Bm]six
[Abdim]And three times one[A]
What is it?
Three
[G]Yeah, that's a magic

[Verse 10]
num[D]ber[G][D][G]
A man and a [D]woman [G]had a little [D]baby[G]
Yes [D]they did[G]
They had [D]three in the [G]family[D]
[G]That's a magic num[D]ber[D]