Peter, Paul and Mary – Puff The Magic Dragon (Ukulele)

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My Peter Paul & Mary songbook has this in Bb; I've transposed to C to make it easier to play. Purists can, of course, reverse the process. Verse:

C               Em      F            C        F
Puff, the magic drag-on lived by the sea  And frol-icked in the 

C        Am       D7                   G7   C               Em   
au-tumn mist in a land called Ho-nah-Lee-,  Lit-tle Jack-ie Pa-per 

F                 C          F
loved that rascal Puff   And brought him strings and

C       Am      D7    G7    C      G7
sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Oh!

Refrain:

C               Em      F            C        F
Puff, the magic drag-on lived by the sea  And frol-icked in the 

C        Am       D7                   G7   
au-tumn mist in a land called Ho-nah-Lee-,  

C               Em      F            C        F
Puff, the magic drag-on lived by the sea  And frol-icked in the 

C        Am       D7          G7     C
au-tumn mist in a land called Ho-nah-Lee. -

^ last time to Coda Verse:

  (C)                       Em           F                          C
1. - To- get-her they would trav-el on a boat  with  bil-lowed  sail,-

2. - A drag-on lives for-ev-er but not so lit - tle boys,- 3. - His head was bent in sor-row green scales fell like rain,-

   F                  C        Am7        D7                G7
1. Jack-ie  kept  a   look-out perched on Puff's gi-gan-tic tail,

2. Paint-ed wings and gi-ant rings make way for oth-er toys, 3. Puff no long-er went to play a - long the cher-ry lane, With-

   C                 Em                 F                  C
1. No-ble kings  and princ-es   would   bow when-e'er they came,

2. One grey night it hap-pened, Jack-ie Pa-per came no more And 3. out his life-long friend Puff could not be brave So

   F                   C           Am7       D7          G7        C     G7
1. Pi-rate ships would low'r their flag when Puff roared out  his  name. Oh!

2. Puff that might-y drag-on, he ceased his fear-less roar. Oh! 3. Puff that might-y drag-on, sad - ly slipped in-to his cave. Oh!

      D7            G7         C F C G7 C
Coda: land  called  Ho - nah - Lee.