Uriah Heep – The Magicians Birthday (Guitar)

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The Magician's Birthday 1972 [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]
E
(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 ..