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The Magician Tab

by Jason Isbell


Jason Isbell- "The Magician"
From the Album Sirens of the Ditch

Just thought I'd be the first to put up a Jason Isbell tab on this site. Its my first 
so it may look a little sloppy. I don't really know if the names of the chords I wrote are 
so I just figured I'd write them down. I'm pretty sure this is the way he plays 
the chords in the songs as well.

Chords used-

:    3x0033
/: 2x0033
: 02x033
:    xx0232
:  x3x033
: x02233

Intro:
   /   
   /   
   /       

Verse:
             /  
You watch every move
             /  
and call it slight of hand
             /  
you know it's what I do
                             
but never who I am, never who I am

            /  
started on the street
            /  
cards and dollar bills
        /  
shuffling my feet
                                         
never could be still, never could be still

Chorus:
                                
  
and I am an orphan man but ain't we all
                         /  
I can make myself disappear
                            /   
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
                              /  
I could be somewhere worse than here

(Next two verses and all following choruses are the same)

I had a bride
sawed her in half
couple people cried
but most of them just laughed, most of them just laughed


and I had a son
strong of hand and will
taught him how to run
but never how to steal, never how to steal

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can't make myself reappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I hope there's somewhere worse than here

Bridge:
         
I was called amazing
         
I make folks believe
         
With nothing in my pockets
         
And nothing up my sleeve

(solo/bridge chords same as verses)

I am an orphan man but ain't we all
I can make myself disappear
I am an orphan man but ain't we all
and I know there's somewhere worse than here
worse than here
worse than here