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 ..