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by Me First And The Gimme Gimmes


     Puff the Magic Dragon
by Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

This is a decently easy song. Its good for those almost intermidiates
Chords used in this song:

  
                                   X
e|-0-|-1-|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-7-|-8--|-9--|-9--|-x-|
b|-0-|-1-|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-7-|-8--|-9--|-9--|-x-|
g|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-8-|-9-|-9-|-10-|-11-|-11-|-x-|
d|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-8-|-9-|-9-|-10-|-11-|-11-|-x-|
a|-1-|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-8-|-7-|-9--|-10-|-9--|-x-|
E|-0-|-1-|-2-|-3-|-4-|-5-|-6-|-7-|-7-|-8--|-9--|-9--|-x-|

(note: it is nessesary to use bar chords, because the song uses two octaves)

Song order:

Intro       (0:00)
Verse 1     (0:11)
Chorus      (0:31)
Interlude 1 (0:50)
Verse 2     (0:52)
Interlude 2 (1:10)
Verse 3     (1:14)
Chorus      (1:35)
Outro       (1:55)

Intro:

e|------------------------------------------------------------|
b|------------------------------------------------------------|
g|-------7-7------------4-4----------------------5--5/2-------|
d|-9-9-9-----7----5-5-5-----4----------5-5--5----5--5/2--5----|
a|-------------------------------7-7-7-----5-----3--3/0--5----|
E|-------------------------------------------------------3----|

Verse 1: ("Listen children, to a story...") "So the people from the valley...",and "Now 
valley cried with anger...")

  x4
 x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4

Chorus: ("So go ahead and hit your neighbor...")

 x4
 x4
 x4
 x4
~

Interlude 1

 x1
X x2
 x1
X x2
 x2
X x2
 x1

Verse 2

  x4
 x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4

Interlude 2

 x1
X x2
 x1
X x2
 x2
X x2
 x1
 x1
X  x2
 x1
X  x2
 x2
X  x2
 x2

Verse 3

  x4
 x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
  x4
   x4
  x3
~ pm

Outro

e|------------------------|
b|------------------------|
g|------------------------|
d|------------------------|
a|-4--1-3--1-3-4-3-1-4----|
E|---------------------4--|

Symbals:
/  slide down
\  slide up
~  vibrato
pm palm mute