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Could It Be Magic tab by Barry Manilow

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Could It Be Magic by Barry Manilow with Chopin Prelude

I took from 4 or 5 different sources, took the best parts, modified some other parts, and put them together
into what's below. I don't know if all of the chord names are correct, but should be close.

What's been interesting is discovering the many different ways of playing the same chords. The Prelude
& Postlude were based on Chopin's Opus 28, No. 20.


[PRELUDE]

     Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramF minorFm      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramAbAb      Chord diagramDbDb      Chord diagramEb MajorEb      Chord diagramAbAb      Chord diagramG/BG/B     C/Bb    Chord diagramAbmaj7Abmaj7  Chord diagramC/GC/G
e:---3-------4-------3-----------|-------------------------------|-------------------3----1--0---|
B:---4-------6-------3----6--4---|---4-------6-------4-----------|---3-------5-------1-------1---|
G:---5-------5-------4-------5---|---5-------6-------3----6--5---|---0-------5-------0-------0---|
D:---5-------3---------------5---|---6-------6-------5-------6---|---0-------5-------1-----------|
A:---3-----------------------3---|-----------4-------6-------6---|---2---------------------------|
E:-------------------3-----------|---4-----------------------4---|-----------6---------------3---|
     Chord diagramD/F#D/F#    Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramD13D13     Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC minorCm       Chord diagramAbAb       Chord diagramAbdim7Abdim7   Chord diagramG minorGm       Chord diagramAm7Am7     D-5      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramG+G
e:-----------3-------7----5--3---|---11-------11-------10-------10---|---8-------10-------7----5--3---|
B:---3-------3-------7-------3---|----8--------9--------9--------8---|---8--------7-------8-------3---|
G:---2-------4-------5-------4---|-------------8-------------10------|--------------------7-------4---|
D:---0---------------7-----------|---10-------10--------9--------8---|---7--------6-------5-----------|
A:-------------------------------|-----------------------------------|--------------------------------|
E:---2-------3---------------3---|-----------------------------------|----------------------------3---|


     Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramF minorFm        Chord diagramG+G        Chord diagramC minorCm       Chord diagramAbAb      Chord diagramDbDb      G7#5    Chord diagramC minorCm
e:---8------------------------------|-------------------------------|
B:---8--------9--------8------------|---4-------6-------4----3------|
G:---5-------10--------7----10--8---|---5-------6-------4-------6---|
D:-----------10--------9-------10---|---6-------6-------3-------6---|
A:---6--------8-------10-------10---|-----------4---------------4---|
E:------------------------------8---|---4---------------3-----------|


   Chord diagramC minorCm | Chord diagramC minorCm


[VERSE 1]

Chord diagramCsus4Csus4 Chord diagramC majorC      Chord diagramD MajorD        Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7         Chord diagramDm7Dm7
      Spirit move me, every time I'm near you

Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7          Chord diagramDm7Dm7           Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4 Chord diagramG+G G/F
Whirling like a cyclone in my mind

Chord diagramCsus4Csus4 Chord diagramC majorC       Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7      Chord diagramDm7Dm7
      Sweet Melissa, angel of my lifetime.

Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7        Chord diagramDm7Dm7           Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4 Chord diagramG+G
Answer to all answers I can find
Chord diagramCsus4Csus4      Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7       Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4
EADGBe     EADGBe       EADGBe
x3556x     xx1333       355533


[CHORUS]

G/F               Chord diagramC minorCm    Chord diagramAbAb
Baby, I love you, come, come

Chord diagramG+G            Chord diagramGb6Gb6
Come into my arms

Chord diagramAm7Am7             D7/Ab     Chord diagramG+G
Let me know the wonder of all of you

     G/F   G/Eb   Chord diagramG/DG/D
And, baby, I want you,

Chord diagramC minorCm   Chord diagramAbAb   Chord diagramG+G               Chord diagramGb6Gb6
now, now, Now and hold on fast

Chord diagramAm7Am7               D7/Ab    Chord diagramG+G
Could this be the magic at last?


G/F         Chord diagramC minorCm          Chord diagramAbAb          Chord diagramG+G           Chord diagramGb6Gb6         D7/Ab
EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe      EADGBe
120003      x3554x      x3654x      x2543x      x1303x      4x453x

G/Eb        Chord diagramG/DG/D
EADGBe      EADGBe
xx1003      xx0003


[INTERLUDE]

G/F  |  Chord diagramC/EC/E  |  Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7
Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramBm7Bm7  |  Chord diagramBm7Bm7  |  Chord diagramGbm7Gbm7 |  Chord diagramGbm7Gbm7
Chord diagramBm7Bm7  |  Chord diagramBm7Bm7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramDm7Dm7  |  Chord diagramDm7Dm7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7
Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G


On some of the shorter versions, the INTERLUDE is

G/F  |  Chord diagramC/EC/E  |  Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7
Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramAm7Am7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7  |  Chord diagramE minor 7Em7
Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G  |  Chord diagramF/GF/G


[VERSE 2]

Chord diagramCsus4Csus4  | Chord diagramC majorC   | Chord diagramD MajorD     | Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7 | Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7 | Chord diagramDm7Dm7 | Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4 | Chord diagramG+G      | G/F
Chord diagramCsus4Csus4  | Chord diagramC majorC   | Chord diagramD MajorD     | Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7 | Chord diagramDm7Dm7
Chord diagramEbmaj7Ebmaj7 | Chord diagramDm7Dm7 | Chord diagramGsus4Gsus4 | Chord diagramG+G


[CHORUS]

G/F | Chord diagramC minorCm    | Chord diagramAbAb
Chord diagramG+G   | Chord diagramGb6Gb6
Chord diagramAm7Am7 | D7/Ab | Chord diagramG+G
G/F | G/Eb  | Chord diagramG/DG/D
Chord diagramC minorCm  | Chord diagramAbAb    | Chord diagramG+G   | Chord diagramGb6Gb6
Chord diagramAm7Am7 | D7/Ab | Chord diagramG+G

[CHORUS 2] REPEAT 5 TIMES TOTAL

G/F  | G/Eb  | Chord diagramG/DG/D
Chord diagramC minorCm   | Chord diagramAbAb    | Chord diagramG+G   | Chord diagramGb6Gb6
Chord diagramAm7Am7  | D7/Ab | Chord diagramG+G
G/F  | G/Eb  | Chord diagramG/DG/D
Chord diagramC minorCm   | Chord diagramAbAb    | Chord diagramG+G   | Chord diagramGb6Gb6
Chord diagramAm7Am7  | D7/Ab | Chord diagramG+G

On the fifth time around, play the last Chord diagramG+G as follow, then move into the postlude

     Chord diagramG+G
e:---------------|
B:---0-----------|
G:---0----2--0---|
D:---0-------0---|
A:---x-------2---|
E:---3-------3---|


[POSTLUDE]

     Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramF minorFm      Chord diagramG+G       Chord diagramC minorCm      Chord diagramAbAb      Chord diagramDbDb      G7#5    Chord diagramC minorCm       Chord diagramC minorCm
e:-------------------------------|-------------------------------|----8-------------||
B:---1---------------------------|-------------------4----3------|----8-------------||
G:---0-------1-------0-----------|-------------------4-------5---|----8-------------||
D:---1-------3-------0----3--1---|---1-------3-------3-------5---|---10-------------||
A:---3-------3-------2-------3---|---3-------4---------------3---|---10-------------||
E:-----------1-------3-------3---|---4-------1-------3-----------|----8-------------||

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