Capo 4th fret

Standard (EADGBE)

Yes, my love, oh we are magicians, you and I

 And soon we'll see, the cloud shapes in our eyes

 are blind, but fly, forever just the same,

 forever just the same

Verse

Oh you - you've been sleeping in the rough

 a travelling man took you by the hand, and still I wonder

Why girl - you've got a pocket full of snuff

 a meek and mild, ragtime child who sometimes wonders

Chorus

Why, the crowds all stare

 Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away, from my bear

I've got 10 bob on that one, and ill not be having no

mad assed kid, do me wrong

 and suddenly the curtain falls

Verse

Oh it - it may well hap' to be

 That there's magic wed, in ragged threads

 That you sleep under

To find – there's an comfort in melody

 To a mild and meek, ragtime chic

 And still I wonder

Chorus

Why, the crowds all stare

 Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away, from my bear

I've got 10 bob on that one, and ill not be having no

mad assed kid do me wrong

 and suddenly, the curtain falls

Bridge

Mary's just a poor girl

 Turned alabaster call girl, with bruised and pale pins

Mary's still a poor girl, so through those gutters crawl girl

 Your secrets sleeping in

Chorus

Why the crowds all stare

 Mrs Porters crying, keep that kid away from my bear

I've got 10 bob on that one, and I'll not be having no

mad assed kid do me wrong

 and suddenly, the curtain falls

Outro

Yes, my love, oh we are magicians, you and I

 And soon we'll see, the cloud shapes in our eyes

 are blind, but fly, forever just the same,

 forever just the same