Three Is A Magic Number chords by Bob Dorough

Chords with lyrics

Three is a Magic Number

By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973

This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.

Capo 2 for original TV version.


Intro: D MajorD G+G A augmentedA

--First Verse Single Strum Chords--

|D MajorD  G+G      |D MajorD    G+G
Three, is a magic number,
    |D MajorD G+G       |D MajorD    G+G|
Yes it is,  it's a magic number.
|D MajorD        G+G        |D MajorD    G+G
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
    |D MajorD  G+G      |D MajorD    G+G|
You get three as a magic number.

--Strumming--
|D MajorD              G+G      |
The past and the present and the future.
|D MajorD         G+G    |
Faith and Hope and Charity,
|D MajorD               G+G
The heart and the brain and the body
     |D MajorD   G+G     |D MajorD  G+G |
Give you three, as a magic number.

|D MajorD           G+G
It takes three legs to make a tri-pod
   |D MajorD      G+G   |
Or to make a table stand.
|D MajorD            G+G       |
It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle
|D MajorD      G+G  |
Called a tricycle.

|D MajorD       G+G         |
Every triangle has three corners,
|D MajorD       G+G
Every triangle has three sides,
  |D MajorD        G+G
No more, no less.
     |D MajorD       G+G
You don't have to guess.
     |D MajorD        G+G
When it's three you can see
       |D MajorD    G+G|
It's a magic number.

|D MajorD        G+G       D MajorD  G+G|
A augmentedA man and a woman had a little baby,
     |D MajorD  G+G
Yes, they did.
     |D MajorD      G+G   |D MajorD  G+G
They had three in the family,
          |D MajorD    G+G|D MajorD  G+G|
And that's a magic number.

|D MajorD  G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD  G+G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D MajorD  G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD  G+G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.


|D MajorD          G+G              |
(Spoken) multiply backwards from three times ten

|D MajorD        G+G   |D MajorD         G+G  |
Three time ten is 30,  three times nine is 27,
|D MajorD          G+G  |D MajorD          G+G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D MajorD         G+G   |D MajorD         G+G  |
Three times six is 18,  three times five is 15,
|D MajorD         G+G
Three times four is 12,
        |B minorBm       A augmentedA         |G+G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E MajorE        |A augmentedA
And three times one is three of course.

|                     |
(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more

|D MajorD  G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD  G+G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D MajorD  G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD   G+G |D MajorD  G+G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.

|D MajorD          G+G          |
(Spoken) now multiply from ten backwards


|D MajorD        G+G   |D MajorD         G+G  |
Three time ten is 30,   three times nine is 27,
|D MajorD          G+G  |D MajorD          G+G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D MajorD         G+G   |D MajorD         G+G  |
Three times six is 18,  three times five is 15,
|D MajorD         G+G
Three times four is 12,
        |B minorBm       A augmentedA         |G+G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E MajorE        |A augmentedA        |
And three times one (what is it?)
    |D MajorD   G+G     |D MajorD  G+G   |D MajorD  G+G|
THREE! Yeah!,  That?s a magic number

|D MajorD        G+G        |D MajorD G+G
A augmentedA man and a woman had a little baby.
     |D MajorD  G+G
Yes, they did,
      |D MajorD      G+G   |D MajorD  G+G
There were three in the family.
        |D MajorD   --Hold last chord--
That's a magic number.