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Date: Thu, 9 Jan 2003 15:05:14 -0800 
From: "Hansen, Peter D." 
Subject: a/america/you_can_do_magic.tab

You Can Do Magic 
Written by Russ Ballard, ©1982
Originally recorded by America
Trancscribed by Peter Hansen (lonescp@earthlink.net)
Note: Because of legalities only the first few words of each line
      are permitted to indicate flow of song and transition.

Em   ------      Bm7 (Barred 2nd Fret) C  ------       D   ------
     ||||||            ******             ||||*|           ||||||
     |**|||            ||||*|             ||*|||           |||*|*
     ||||||            ||*|||             |*||||           ||||*|
         
Cmaj7 ------      Am7   ------    E7   ------
      ||||||            ||||*|         |||*||      
      ||*|||            ||*|||         |*||||  
      |*||||            ||||||         |||||| 
         

Verse 1:
Em      Bm7        C             D
I never believed in things,etc.....................
Em      Bm7        C             D         Em
I said if I can't,etc.....................
Bm7        C             D      Em      Bm7
No, no magic,etc.....................
C             D
And then,etc.....................

Verse 2:
Em      Bm7        C             D
I couldn't believe it,etc.....................
Em      Bm7        C             D
I couldn't retrieve,etc.....................
Em      Bm7        C             
What's it,etc.....................
C                           D
....Now I know there can be,etc.....

Chorus:
D          Em   Bm7  C
You can do magic 
D            Em    Bm7      C    D
You can have,etc.....................
Em   Bm7  C   D
Magic,etc.....................
Em      Bm7        C             D
You're the one who,etc.....................
Em     Bm7       Cmaj7
  You know darn,etc.....................
          D         Em             Bm7      Cmaj7
When you cast,etc.....................
           D   Em     Bm7     Cmaj7
When you hypnotize,etc.....................
    D        Em      Bm7    Cmaj7       D 
A heart of stone,etc.....................
Em           Bm7          Cmaj7         D
Doo, doo, doo ... (repeat "doo's" 4x)

Verse 3:
And when the rain is beatin',etc.....................

Verse 4:
I hold you tight,etc.....................

Chorus:
You can do magic,etc..................... 

You know darn well,etc.....................

Doo, doo, doo ... 

Bridge:
C               Am7
And If I,etc.....................
Bm7               E7
I could never,etc.....................
Am7                     Bm7
I never believed,etc.....................
     C                   D
But now it's so,etc.....................

Chorus:
You can do magic,etc..................... 

You know darn well,etc.....................

Doo, doo, doo ... 
(Fade)
Em        Bm7              Cmaj7    D
You're the one who can,etc..................... 
Em        Bm7              Cmaj7    D
You're the one who can,etc..................... 
Em        Bm7              Cmaj7    D 
You're the one who can,etc..................... 

{Chord Fingerings}
Em     [0 2 2 0 0 0] 
Bm7    [2 2 4 2 3 2] Barred 2nd Fret
C      [X 3 2 0 1 0]
Cmaj7  [X 3 2 0 0 0]
D      [X 0 0 2 3 2]
Am7    [X 0 2 0 1 0]
E7     [0 2 0 1 0 0]
Peter Hansen
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