The Magicians Birthday chords by Uriah Heep

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



Intro:
D C G x4

Verse 1:
D            C
In the magic garden
          D
Some were singing
          C
Some were dancing
          D
While the midnight moon
      C            D     C
Shone brightly overhead
    D              C
The stars so gaily glistened
        D                 C
And the sphinx in silence listened to
    D
The magician tell of
C                 D
Lives that he had led

Prechorus:
D       E        G      D
Let the bells of freedom ring
D        E       G        D
Songs of love to friday's king

Chorus:
Em         G
Let's all go to
D              Bm
The magician's birthday
Em        G
It's in a forest
    D      Bm
But not so far away
Em      G
Much to do
       D       B
And so much to say
B
While we listened to
    A      G         Dm7
The orchid orchestra play

Instrumental:
D (basically)

Interlude:
D     Dm          E7
Happy birthday to you ...
      Eb          D
Happy birthday to you ...
      Dm          E7
Happy birthday dear magician
      Eb          D
Happy birthday to you ...
D     Dm          E7
Happy birthday to you ...
      Eb          D
Happy birthday to you ...
      Dm          E7
Happy birthday dear magician
      Eb          D
Happy birthday to you ...

Verse 2:
D                   C
Then at the dead of midnight
      D                   C
As we watched the dancing firelight
    D
The air grew cold
    C                  D     C
And seemed to dull the flame
    D
The fire died
    C
The music faded
D                   C
Filled with fear of death we waited
    D
For now we knew
     C           D
Some evil was to blame

Instrumental:
(About 5 minutes of basically E)

Bridge:
Dm Am x4

            Dm
I challenge you
            Am
I challenge you all
            Dm
For all you own
            Am
And all you know
       G                  A
And by all the powers of darkness
       Dm            A
I will steal what is mine
          Dm             Am
Surrender now or face my spite
            Dm               Am
I grant you it may be friday night
            G
But did you know this day
     A           Dm
Also numbers thirteen
                    G
First I'll give you fire
            A                  Dm
I turn your fire into a sleepy stream
                    G
Yes, now I give you nightmare
          A                    Dm
From your horror I'll create a dream
Gm
You cannot fight me
      A                 Dm
For I have the sword of hate
Gm            Dm
But one thing you can't see
Gm           Dm
My answer is simply
     Gm         A
An impenetrable fortress
   Dm G Dm A  Dm G Dm Am B7
Of love....   love...

Outtro:
    E                          A
The fear went as quickly as it came
    E
The air was clear
                 D
The fire burned again
    E
The flames leapt
    A
The organ played
    D
The swans sang
   G
To greet the day
    Em
And then we knew that
A              Dm             A
Love will find love will find love ..
Dm        G              Dm
will find love will find love ..
          A              Dm
will find love will find love ..