Puff the magic dragon Chords
Puff the magic dragon by Peter Paul and Mary is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, C, A7, Em and Bm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
G D C G
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea,
C G A7 D
and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land calley Honey Lee.
G D C G
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff,
C G A7 D G
and brought him string and sealing wax and other fancy stuff.
(Chorus)
G D C G
Puff, the magic dragon, lived by the sea,
C G A7 D
and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honey Lee.
G D C G
Puff, the magic dragon lived by the sea
C G Em A7 D G
and frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honey Lee.
G Bm C G
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail,
C G A7 D
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail.
G D C G
Noble kings and princes would bow whenever they came,
C G A7 D G
pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name.
(Chorus)
G D C G
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys,
C G A7 D
painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys.
G D C G
One grey night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more,
C G A7 D G
and Puff, that mighty dragon, he ceased his fearless roar.
(Chorus)
G D C G
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales feel like rain,
C G A7 D
Puff no longer went to play along the Cherry Lane.
G D C G
Without his life-long friend, Puff could not be brave,
C G A7 D G
so Puff, that mighty dragan, sadly slipped into his cave.
(Chorus)