Embrace – 3 Is The Magic Number (Guitar)

E  F#m             E
Three is the magic number

A      E F#m          E    A
Yes it is its a magic number

E                 F#m            E
Somewhere in this ancient mystic trinity

A       E F#m        E     A
You got 3 as a magic number

    E                            A
The past and the present and the future

E                  A
Faith and hope and charity

    E                           A
The heart and the brain and the body

         E    A           E      A
Give you three as a magic number

E                   A                    E                 A
Takes three legs to make a tripod and to make a table stand

E                     A               E               A
Takes three wheels to make a vehicle called a tricycle

E               A                 E              A
Every triangle has three corners, every triangle has three sides

   Em          A          E             A
No more no less you don't have to guess

          E            A               E     A
When its three you can see its a magic number

  E               A            E   A          E   A
A man and a woman had a little baby, yes they did

         E            A     E   A               E      A
They had three in the family and that's a magic number

 E    A  E  A
Whaoo

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

E     A
3 6 9

E       A
12 15 18

E     A
21 24 27

E  A
Thirty

        E            A                   E                      A
Now the multiples of three come up three times in each set of ten

       E                 A
In the first ten you get 3 6 9

           E                 A       E
And in the teens ten you get 12 15 & 18

           A                E     A
And in the twenties you get a 21 24 27

         E               A
And they go down even on 30

    E                 A
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 10

E             A
3 times 10 is 30

Em           A
3 times 9 is 27

E            A
3 times 8 is 24

E            A
3 times 7 is 21

E            A
3 times 6 is 18

E            A
3 times 5 is 15

E            A
3 times 4 is 12

        E
3 times 3 is 9

B            C#m
3 times 2 is 6

F#
And

        Bm                E A
3 times 1 is 3 of course

E                                A
Now repeat the whole pack again

   E      A
(3) 3 6 9

    E      A
(12)12 15 18

     E      A
(21) 21 24 27

     E  A
(30) 30

    E                       A
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 10

E              A
3 times 10 is 30

E             A
3 times 9 is 27

E             A
3 times 8 is 24

E             A
3 times 7 is 21

E             A
3 times 6 is 18

E             A
3 times 5 is 15

E             A
3 times 4 is 12

        E
3 times 3 is 9

B            C#m
3 times 2 is 6

F#m
And

        B              E      A E A
3 times 1 is the magic number

   E              A                E A         E  A
A man and a woman had a little baby, yes they did

          E           A     E   A              E
They had three in the family and thats a magic number