Magic

B E B E B E B E You won't believe it, strange as it sounds B G#m E F#sus Extraordinary magic follows you around B E B E And the camera can't catch it, you won't see it in the mirror B G#m E F#sus F# If I say look behind you, you turn around, it dis - appears D#m E But I see it, I see it B I swear I do E B F#sus F# B I see extraordinary ma - gic in you B E B E B E B E Outta thin air, you appeared in my life B G#m E F#sus F# Like a burst of technicolor in a world of black and white B E B E When my heart was locked inside a box, you reached inside B G#m E F#sus F# And now I see my future when I look into your eyes D#m E I see it, I see it B I swear I do E B F#sus F# B F# I see extraordinary ma - gic in you F# E And I know that miracles happen B E F#sus F# Who cares what they say (mmm-mmm - mmm) A E 'Cause love's nothin' short of a miracle B E B E F#sus F# Happenin' over and over, every day B E B E So I'll keep my eyes open, awed and amazed B G#m E F#sus F# And if you start to doubt it, I'll remind you of the million ways D#m E I see it, I see it B I swear I do E B F#sus F# B I see extraordinary ma - gic in you B E B E F#sus F# B Bsus B 2. I Will Always Be Yours C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh C I've been afraid Am7 Asus2 Am7 Been alone, been undone Fsus2 I've been on fire Gsus G Flying high as the sun Am7 F C In a world where things come and go Am7 Fsus2 The only thing I've ever known is true Gsus G Oh, is you Am7 F I've been the prince, I've been the pauper C G Been the star and played the fool Am7 F Been the winner and the loser C G In between them too Am7 F C G And no matter who I might become or who I've been before Dm7 C/E F I will always be N.C. I will always be yours C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (always be yours) C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh C I'd run through flames Am7 Asus2 Am7 Push back fate, break down walls Fsus2 I'd give my heart Gsus G Give my breath, give it all Am7 F C In a world where things come and go Am7 Fsus2 The only thing I can't afford to lose Gsus G Oh, is you Am7 F I've been the prince, I've been the pauper C G Been the star and played the fool Am7 F Been the winner and the loser C G In between them too Am7 F C G And no matter who I might become or who I've been before Dm7 C/E F I will always be I will always be yours C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (oh, I'm gonna be yours, yeah) C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (I will always be yours) G Dm7 Oooh oooh Am7 Bb Oooh oooh C In a world where things come and go Am7 Fsus2 The only thing I've ever known is true Gsus G Oh, is you Am7 F I've been the prince, I've been the pauper C G Been the star and played the fool Am7 F Been the winner and the loser C G In between them too Am7 F C G And no matter who I might become or who I've been before Dm7 C/E F I will always be I will always be yours C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (I will always be yours) C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (I will always be yours) C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (Always be yours) C Am7 Fsus2 Oooh oooh (I will always be yours) 3. Drive Dsus/G D/F# Dsus/G D/F# Dsus/G D/F# Dsus/G D/F# Dsus D Dsus D Three point two from the driveway of my house Dsus D Dsus D To your apartment where I am waiting now Dsus A Come on, don't think, night's young Let's go Dsus D Dsus D NY-C, Portland, Austin, Anaheim Dsus D Dsus D Maybe not Anaheim, keep an open mind Dsus A I'm just sayin', baby Let's go Bm A F#m G I don't care Bm A F#m G Anywhere D G Like a river connects to the ocean Bm A This pavement touches wherever we go, and D G White lines flyin' by, who knows what we'll find Bm A You and me tonight Dsus D Dsus D Drive Dsus D Dsus D Let's drive Dsus D Dsus D When's the last time we dropped our things and went? Dsus D Dsus D Woke up somewhere that we've both never been? Dsus A Growin' up doesn't mean gettin' older Dsus D Dsus D Maybe it's just left turns off familiar streets Dsus D Dsus D I just wanna come back with a memory Dsus A Growin' up doesn't mean gettin' older Bm A F#m G I don't care Bm A F#m G Anywhere D G Like a river connects to the ocean Bm A This pavement touches wherever we go, and D G White lines flyin' by, who knows what we'll find Bm A You and me tonight Dsus D Dsus D Let's drive Dsus D Dsus D Let's drive A Bm G A Remember when we were young and free? Bm G A Oh, the way it used to be Bm G Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Tell me, can we go back? Dsus D Dsus D Three point two from the driveway of my house Dsus D N.C. To your apartment where I am waiting now D G Like a river connects to the ocean Bm A This pavement touches wherever we go, and D G White lines flyin' by, who knows what we'll find Bm A You and me tonight D Drive D G Like a river connects to the ocean Bm A This pavement touches wherever we go, and D G White lines flyin' by, who knows what we'll find Bm A You and me tonight A Yeah, let's drive Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Dsus D Let's dri - ve 4. Old Friends Ab Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4 I can still find Wylie's house Ab Absus4 Ab Riding on my bike with eyes closed Ab Absus4 Ab Absus4 I can name every girl that he took out Ab Absus4 Ab And from my memory, dial his house phone Ab Eb Fm Db Can you take me back when we were just kids Ab Eb Fm Eaug Who weren't scared of gettin' older? (yeah yeah) Ab/Eb Eb 'Cause no one knows you like they know you Fm Db And no one probably ever will Ab Eb You can grow up, make new ones Fm Db But truth is there's nothin' like old friends Ab Eb Fm Db Ab Cm Fm 'Cause you can't make old friends (mmm yeah) Ab Eb Fm Db I can still feel the windows down Ab Eb Fm Listening to Jimmy Eat World riding three-wide on Blake's bench seat (yeah) Ab Eb Fm Db My God, it's been ten years now Ab Cm I would have his back tomorrow Fm Db And he'd still fight anyone who tried to touch me Ab Eb Fm Db Can you take me back when we were just kids Ab Eb Fm Eaug Who weren't scared of gettin' older? (yeah yeah) Ab/Eb Eb 'Cause no one knows you like they know you Fm Db And no one probably ever will Ab Eb You can grow up, make new ones Fm Db But truth is there's nothin' like old friends Ab Eb Fm Db Ab Cm Fm Db 'Cause you can't make old friends Ab Eb Fm And I've got some good friends now Ab Eb Db But I've never seen their parents' back porch Ab Eb Fm Db I wouldn't change how things turned out Ab Eb But there's no one in this time zone Fm Db Who knows what inline skates that I wore Ab Cm Fm Db Can you take me back when we were just kids Ab Eb Fm Eaug Who weren't scared of gettin' older? (yeah yeah) Ab/Eb Eb 'Cause no one knows you like they know you Fm Db And no one probably ever will Ab Eb You can grow up, make new ones Fm Db But the truth is Ab Eb Fm Db That we grow up, then wish we could go back then Db There's nothin' like old friends Ab Eb Fm Db 'Cause you can't make old friends Ab Eb Fm Db Ab 5. Duo B F# I used to be afraid of feelin' little G#m E I used never wanna play a second fiddle B F# G#m E But that all changed when I met you (when I met you) B F# You make me wanna Garfunkel G#m E Like you be Jesse and I'll be the other Uncle B F# I don't need the spotlight G#m E I just wanna see you shine B F# I could be Joey, you could be Chandler G#m E You tell the jokes, and I will straight man you B F# Maybe that was not always the plan G#m N.C. But so what? B F# G#m E If you wanna lo - ve, I'll love you forever (uhh) B F# G#m E If you wanna ru - n, let's run together B F# When you go high, I will go low G#m E I'll harmonize while you solo B F# Yeah, you and I G#m E We could be our own iconic duo B F# Woah, woah G#m E Woah, wo-woah B F# G#m E Woah, woah, yeah N.C. B F# I will Lennon, you'll McCartney (yeah) G#m 'Cause I could never have imagined E All the ways you make my heart beat (bum bum) B F# They say love's all you need, well G#m E Please, please let it be, yeah N.C. You can Beyoncé , I can be Jay Z Talent like Kanye, just not as crazy N.C. If it were possible, I'd have your baby Baby B F# G#m E If you wanna lo - ve, I'll love you forever (mmm) B F# G#m E If you wanna ru - n, let's run together (let's run together) B F# When you go high, I will go low G#m E I'll harmonize while you solo B F# Yeah, you and I G#m E We could be our own iconic duo B F# Woah, woah G#m E Woah, wo-woah (iconic duo) B F# G#m E Woah, woah, yeah F# G#m E The more I see F# Well, the more I find G#m E That I am better by your side B F# G#m E If you wanna love, I'll love you forever B F# G#m E And if you wanna run, oh, let's run together B F# G#m E If you wanna lo - ve, I'll love you forever (mmm) B F# G#m E If you wanna ru - n, let's run together (let's run together) B F# When you go high, I will go low G#m E I'll harmonize while you solo B F# Yeah, you and I G#m E We could be our own iconic duo B F# Woah, woah G#m E Woah, wo-woah (oh, iconic duo) B F# G#m E Woah, woah, (we could be our own iconic duo) 6. Kids B F# I saw a photograph from ten years back E It's you and I, we're standin' in the rain B F# Somewhere outside Atlanta, and I think my twelve-seat van E Is right there out of frame B This was before I knew my way around Los Angeles F# E Before I ever cared about nice neighborhoods Bmaj7 F# We were drivin' through the night, sleepin' on hotel floors E And thinkin' that we had it good B C#m7 We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever E We were kids back then (you and me) B C#m7 We were wild and free, takin' on the world together E We were kids back then N.C. That's how we're always gonna be B La la la, la la la la C#m La la la, la la la la E La la la, la la la la La la la, la la la la B F# Passed an old friend on my timeline who had lately been on my mind E We were close as blood B F# If we sat down for a drink I think we'd forget all the stupid reasons E We lost touch (we lost touch) It was just because B C#m7 We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever E We were kids back then (you and me) B C#m7 We were wild and free, takin' on the world together E We were kids back then That's how we're always gonna be B La la la, la la la la C#m7 La la la, la la la la E La la la, la la la la La la la, la la la F# G#m E All you got to do is blink your eyes and the years go by like that B They fly right past F# G#m E I don't want to wait to realize everything that you and I Already have B F# Five-thirty in the mornin', and we're awake again E You are holdin' baby Jane B F# I lean in to take a picture, when it hits me E In twenty years, I will look back and say B We were kids back then, thinkin' we would live forever E We were kids back then B We're so young and free, takin' on the world together E We were kids back then That's how we're always gonna be B C#m E B C#m7 We were kids back then, thinkin' we could live forever E We were kids back then (you and me) B C#m7 We were wild and free, takin' on the world together E We were kids back then That's how we're always gonna be B La la la, la la la la C#m7 La la la, la la la la E La la la, la la la la La la la, la la la la (that's how we're always gonna be) B La la la, la la la la C#m7 La la la, la la la la E La la la, la la la la (oh) La la la, la la la la (that's how we're always gonna be) E E E E E E 7. Green There's an Eb chord fingerpicked in the background for most of the song, with some variation. Here's the main idea: Eb Cm We took a flight to the Pacific Northwest Ab I've had a longing to go there deep in my chest Like a dream Eb Cm Left Portland in the mornin' headed for the coast Ab Feels like middle of nowhere, windin' down this road Ab And then I see it This can't be real Eb Bb Ab I've never seen a greener green than that Eb Bb Ab The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back Eb Cm Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach Ab And I remember what it is to be Eb Cm Ab So green Eb Cm Ab It was so green Eb Cm Take a lighthouse tour, we saw the octopus tree Ab Fm Feels like some Wes Anderson movie scene Ab In the breeze Eb Cm Made a bonfire on the beach, talked late into the night Ab Fm We made love after bottles of cheap red wine Ab Fm It was way too sweet (mmm, yeah) Ab Bb You taste so swee-eet Eb Bb Ab I've never seen a greener green than that Eb Bb Ab The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back Eb Cm Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach Ab And I remember what it is to be Eb Cm Ab Fm So green Eb Cm Yeah, it was so green Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm Eb Cm Ab Fm Yeah-eah-eah-e - a - h, yeah, yeah, oh Eb Bb Ab I've never seen a greener green than that Eb Bb Ab The sea salt air I'm breathin' brings life back Eb Cm Together, we're alive and free, holdin' hands on the beach Ab And I remember what it is to be You and I rememberin' what it is to be Eb Cm Ab Bb So green Eb Cm Ab It was so green 8. Sometimes Db Gb Ab Db Db/F Gb/Db Absus Some stupid pictures, some vacation, someone I don't know Db Db/F Gb/Db Absus And ten expert opinions on some strangers post Db Db/F Gb/Db Ab And then I know, much to my surprise Bbm Db/F Gb/Db Ab From a face I haven't seen in a long, long time Gb/Db Db/F Ab/Eb To say you're fine over a couple pages Gb/Db Db/F Ab/Eb Between the lines, you were really sayin' Db Db/F Sometimes Gb Ab Db Db/F I just wonder what it would have been like Gb Ab If you were with me Bbm Bbm/F Don't worry your mind Gb Db/F I'm not cryin' at night Gb Ab I just think o' you sometimes Db Db/F Gb Ab Db Db/F Gb Ab Sometimes, yeah Db Db/F Gb Absus He's walkin' his dog out on Venice Beach Db Db/F Gb Absus Said he came to Los Angeles to chase some dream Bbm Bbm/F Gb Db/F "In ninety-five," he said, "I left my girls behind Bbm Db/F Gb Ab And the time for second chances, it's been gone for a long time" Gb Db I called her phone, and I rambled on again, but Gb Ab After the tone, what I really meant was Db Db/F Sometimes Gb Ab Db Db/F I just wonder what it would have been like Gb Ab If you were with me Bbm Bbm/F Don't worry your mind Gb Db/F I'm not cryin' at night Gb Ab I just think o' you sometimes Db Db/F Gb Ab Db Db/F Gb Ab Oh-ooh Pre-Chorus 3 Gb Db Ab We say goodbye, as if we're goin' places Gb Db Ab And you can try, but you can't keep your heart from sayin' Db Db/F Sometimes Gb Ab Db Db/F I just wonder what it would have been like Gb Ab If you were with me Bbm Bbm/F Don't worry your mind Gb Db/F I'm not cryin' at night Gb I just think o' you Gb I still think o' you Gb Ab Db I just think o' you sometimes Db Db/F Gb Ab Db Db/F Gb Ab Db 9. Wherever You Are Db Gb Ab Jenny saved and got her own apartment Db Gb Ab It's a big ol' world, she's gonna find a way Bbm Gb Ab He said, "Call me if you ever lost it" Db Gb Ab And he cried as he watched her drive away Db Gb Wherever you go, know that you're never alone Ab Bbm Ab You're forever in my heart Db Gb And the moments you need me, no distance could keep me Ab Bbm Ab I will be wherever you are Db Gb Ab You could be all the way across the ocean Db Gb Ab It might just feel a million miles from me Bbm Gb Ab It don't matter, baby, I'll come runnin' (oh) Db Gb Ab I will do anything to make you see Db Gb Wherever you go, know that you're never alone Ab Bbm Ab You're forever in my heart Db Gb And the moments you need me, no distance could keep me Ab Bbm Ab I will be wherever you are Ebm Fm Gb Ab When you find pain, when you fall down, when you hit harder times Ebm Fm Gb Ab Just call my name, I'll always be right by your side Db Bbm Gb Bbm Absus Db Gb Wherever you go, know that you're never alone (never alone) Ab Bbm Ab You're forever in my heart (forever in my heart) Db Gb And the moments you need me, no distance could keep me (could keep me) Ab Bbm Ab I will be wherever you are (I'll be wherever you are) Db Wherever you go (wherever you go) Gb Know that you're never alone (you're never alone) Ab Bbm Ab You're forever in my heart (oh, forever in my heart) Db And the moments you need me (in the moments) Gb No distance could keep me (no distance could keep me) Ab Bbm Ab I will be wherever you are (I'll be wherever you are) Db Wherever you are Gb I'll be wherever you are (I'll be wherever you are) Ab Bbm Ab I'll be wherever you, wherever you, wherever you are 10. Over and Over D Again, again A Again, again Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 Again, again D A It's been a while since we felt the way we did Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 Back when we were dumb and younger D A It's been a while since I looked into your eyes Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 And saw starlight, bold, bright colors, yeah D When I'm down (you lift me up) A When I'm dry (you fill my cup) Em No one else (could have my love) G (My love) D I would choose you over and over A I would choose you over and over Em G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again D And after all that we've been through A There's no one else for me but you Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again, yeah D Again, again D And you are the real thing A The novel before the film Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 All are nuance, every letter D A And you do things to me, like they have never been done Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 A love like ours could last forever and ever D When I'm down (you lift me up) A When I'm dry (you fill my cup) Em No one else (could have my love) G No one (My love) (Yeah) D I would choose you over and over A I would choose you over and over Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again D And after all that we've been through A There's no one else for me but you Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again, yeah D Again, again A Again, again Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 Again, again D When I'm down (you lift me up) A And when I'm dry (you fill my cup) Em No one else (could have my love) G No one (My love) No one D I would choose you over and over A I would choose you over and over Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again D And after all that we've been through A There's no one else for me but you Em Em/F# G Gmaj7 I would choose you over and over again, again, yeah D (You lift me up) (Again, again) A (You fill my cup) (Again, again) Em Em/F# G I would choose you over and over again (Could have my love) (Again, again) Gmaj7 Again, yeah (My love) D (You lift me up) (Again, again) A (You fill my cup) (Again, again) Em Em/F# G I would choose you over and over again (Could have my love) (Again, again) Gmaj7 Again, yeah 11. Boxes E B F# B One, two, three E B F# B E B F# B I found boxes of first CDs tryin' to get my office clean E B F# Gdim G#m E Took ten years of folks givin' them to me 'til I sat down E B F# B And I saw hesitant poses and torn up jeans E B F# In cover photos friends took for free E B F# Gdim G#m E For the six minute songs, and all their lifelong dreams the world turned down G#m E B F# E They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh G#m E B F# When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home G#m F# E B I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream G#m/D# F#/C# E/B Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G#m/D# F#/C# E/B G#m/D# F#/C# E/B E B F# B On through this Rolodex of railroad tracks and fresh-cut hair E B F# I see Joy who won some Grammys and is now a millionaire E B F# Gdim G#m E Looks different now than she does right there, but that's how it goes E B F# B As for the rest, I bet they're teachers or pastors now E B F# Pictured in jackets girlfriends picked out E B F# Gdim G#m E All their hometowns turned these up, all the labels turned them down, and never wrote (whoa) G#m E B F# E They're just dreamin' up some life out on the road, oh G#m E B F# When all I dream about's the day that I'll be home G#m F# E B I'd long forgotten how it feels to chase a dream G#m/D# F#/C# E/B Thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G#m/D# F#/C# E/B G#m/D# F#/C# E/B E B F# B A thrift store jacket and ten less pounds E B C#m7 B Lookin' like a fool in some big field with my bare feet on the ground E B F# Gdim G#m E Bad song titles and worse drum sounds, I didn't know G#m E B F# E That all my dreams had come true out here on the road G#m E B F# I never dreamed that I could call this life my own G#m E B F# Thought I'd forgotten how it feels to chase a dream G#m E B F# But thank God for how it feels to chase a dream G#m/D# F#/C# E/B And thank God for boxes of first CDs (yeah) G#m/D# F#/C# E/B G#m/D# F#/C# E/B ******************** Gdim is technically F-doublesharp diminished, but I'm not sure how to notate that. 12. Peace E A E I used to want people to love me, so I learned how to sing E C#m A F#m Then I thought I wanted money, so I could buy nice things E E/D# C#m A E But when I found it was as empty as could be E C#m A F#m And now I'm starin' at my face above a bathroom sink E C#m A E Sayin' I want peace, it's where I am now E E/D# C#m A E It's the only thing I haven't found, somehow E C#m A F#m There are other places, there are a million pretty faces E E/D# C#m A E But I want peace, it's where I am now E A E I used to worry about the future, but the future never came E E/D# C#m C#m/B A F#m Tried livin' in the past, but never did quite feel the same E E/D# C#m A E I used to think that there was a place I would rather be E C#m A F#m 'Til I got there enough times to realize that you are only ever here E A E That's when I found peace with where I am now E E/D# C#m A E It's the only place I'll ever be, I've found E C#m A F#m There are other places, filled with a million pretty faces E E/D# C#m A E But I found peace with where I am now A Through the ups and downs F#m E I have figured out you find peace where you make it B Scenery won't change it A And I wasted so much time F#m C#m B A Thinkin' I could ever find enough of an - y - thing C#m B A That would bring me peace E A E So I found peace with who I am now E E/D# C#m A E It's the only me I'll ever be, I've found E E/D# C#m A F#m There are other places, there are a million other faces E E/D# C#m A E But I found peace with who I am now 13. Love Like This D F# Bm G D D F# Bm E7 A D D F# Bm G D Never was an early riser, used to be an up all nighter D F# Bm E7 A D Never saw the morning light quite like I do now D F# Bm G D Never said no to a party, never started saving money D F# Bm E7 A D Everything is different since you've been around G D It's the way you're smiling at me Bm A It's in the way you hold my hand G D It's the way I've watched you change me Bm A From a boy into a man G D It's a million things about you F# Bm And I don't know what it is G A But I have never known a love like this D F# Bm E7 A D D F# Bm G D Never used to get excited, sit here in the silence D F# Bm E7 A D Holding onto something the way I'm holding you D F# Bm G D Didn't use to know how fast time walks and runs and flies by D F# Bm E7 A D I never thought I'd feel so deeply but damn I do G D It's the way you're smiling at me Bm A It's in the way you hold my hand G D It's the way I've watched you change me Bm A From a boy into a man G D It's a million things about you F# Bm And I don't know what it is G A D But I have never known a love like this Bm A It's funny how everything I dreamed about D E7 A Starts to seem so empty without you D F# Bm G D D F# Bm E7 A D G D It's the way you're smiling at me Bm A It's in the way you hold my hand G D It's the way I've watched you change me Bm A From a boy into a man G D It's a million things about you F# Bm And I don't know what it is G A Bm But I have never known a love like this G A D I have never known a love like this D F# Bm G D D F# Bm E7 A D