3 Is The Magic Number chords by Embrace

Chords with lyrics

Intro:

E MajorE A augmentedA BB

Verse 1:

E MajorE F# minorF#m       E MajorE
Three is the magic number
A augmentedA   E MajorE F# minorF#m     E MajorE  A augmentedA
Yes it is its a magic number
E MajorE         F# minorF#m      E MajorE
Somewhere in this ancient mystic trinity
A augmentedA    E MajorE F# minorF#m    E MajorE   A augmentedA
You got 3 as a magic number

  E MajorE              A augmentedA
The past and the present and the future
E MajorE         A augmentedA
Faith and hope and charity
  E MajorE              A augmentedA
The heart and the brain and the body
     E MajorE  A augmentedA      E MajorE   A augmentedA
Give you three as a magic number

Verse 2:

E MajorE          A augmentedA          E MajorE         A augmentedA
Takes three legs to make a tripod and to make a table stand
E MajorE           A augmentedA        E MajorE        A augmentedA
Takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle
E MajorE        A augmentedA         E MajorE       A augmentedA
Every triangle has three corners, every triangle has three sides
  E minorEm     A augmentedA     E MajorE       A augmentedA
No more no less you don't have to guess
     E MajorE      A augmentedA        E MajorE   A augmentedA
When its three you can see its a magic number

 E MajorE        A augmentedA      E MajorE  A augmentedA     E MajorE  A augmentedA
A majorA man and a woman had a little baby, yes they did
     E MajorE      A augmentedA   E MajorE  A augmentedA        E MajorE   A augmentedA
They had three in the family and that's a magic number
 E MajorE  A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
Whaoo

Verse 3:

E MajorE  A augmentedA E MajorE  A augmentedA E MajorE   A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
E MajorE   A augmentedA
3 6 9
E MajorE    A augmentedA
12 15 18
E MajorE   A augmentedA
21 24 27
E MajorE A augmentedA
Thirty

Verse 4:

    E MajorE      A augmentedA          E MajorE           A augmentedA
Now the multiples of three come up three times in each set of ten
    E MajorE         A augmentedA
In the first ten you get 3 6 9
      E MajorE         A augmentedA    E MajorE
And in the teens ten you get 12 15 & 18
      A augmentedA        E MajorE   A augmentedA
And in the twenties you get a 21 24 27
     E MajorE        A augmentedA
And they go down even on 30

Verse 5:

  E MajorE         A augmentedA
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 10
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 10 is 30
E minorEm      A augmentedA
3 times 9 is 27
E MajorE      A augmentedA
3 times 8 is 24
E MajorE      A augmentedA
3 times 7 is 21
E MajorE      A augmentedA
3 times 6 is 18
E MajorE      A augmentedA
3 times 5 is 15
E MajorE      A augmentedA
3 times 4 is 12

And
    E MajorE
3 times 3 is 9
BB      C# minorC#m
3 times 2 is 6
F#F#
And
    B minorBm        E MajorE A augmentedA
3 times 1 is 3 of course

E MajorE                A augmentedA
Now repeat the whole pack again

Verse 6:

  E MajorE   A augmentedA
(3) 3 6 9
  E MajorE   A augmentedA
(12)12 15 18
   E MajorE   A augmentedA
(21) 21 24 27
   E MajorE A augmentedA
(30) 30

  E MajorE            A augmentedA
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 10
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 10 is 30
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 9 is 27
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 8 is 24
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 7 is 21
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 6 is 18
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 5 is 15
E MajorE       A augmentedA
3 times 4 is 12

And
    E MajorE
3 times 3 is 9
BB      C# minorC#m
3 times 2 is 6
F# minorF#m
And
    BB       E MajorE   A augmentedA E MajorE A augmentedA
3 times 1 is the magic number

Outtro:

  E MajorE       A augmentedA        E MajorE A augmentedA     E MajorE A augmentedA
A majorA man and a woman had a little baby, yes they did
     E MajorE      A augmentedA   E MajorE  A augmentedA       E MajorE
They had three in the family and thats a magic number