Magic Time Chords
by Van Morrison
Magic Time by Van Morrison is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, D, A, Bm, D7, E7 and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Verse: 1
G D A G
Don't lose the wonder in your eyes
D A
I can see it right now when you smile
G Bm
Let me go back for a while
G Bm
Let me go back for a while
Bm A D
To that magic time
Verse: 2
G D A G
You can call it nostalgia, I don't mind
D A
Standing on that windswept hillside
G Bm
Listenin' to the church bells chime
G Bm
Listenin' to the church bells chime
Bm A D D7
In that magic time
G
Oh the road, it never ends
D
Good to see you my old friend
E7
Once again we'll sit right down
A A7
And share the wine
Verse: 3
G D A G
Shivers up and down my spine
D A
It's a feeling so divine
G Bm
Let me go back for a while
G Bm
Got to go back for a while
Bm A D D7
To that magic time
Solo
G D A G D A G Bm G Bm Bm A D
*not relative to the capo
e|-------------------8-------------------------------------------------------------6-------|
B|-------------9-11-----10s12--10--8-------------------------------------6----6h8-----8----|
G|--5---8s10---------------------------s5--3-----3h5-----3----------5h8----8---------------|
D|----------------------------------------------------5---------5h8------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|----------------------------------------6-------8--6------6----s8--6---------------------|
B|--s6--4----------4h6-4--------4---6s8------8----------8----------------s8----------------|
G|---------5-3-5-----------5-------------------------------------------------8---3h5--3h5--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|-----------------------------------------------------s8--6-------------------------------|
B|-------4----6s8----4---6---4----------- 4--6--4------------------------------------------|
G|-3--5--------------------------5---3h5---------------------------------------------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G
Oh the road, it never ends
D
Good to see you my old friend
E7
Once again we'll sit right down
A A7
And share the wine
Verse: 3
G D A G
And we'll go back in your prime
D A
The sun is gonna shine
G Bm
When we go back for a while
G Bm
When we go back for a while
Bm A D D7
To that magic time
Verse: 1
G D A G
Don't lose the wonder in your eyes
D A
It's right there when you smile
G Bm
Got to go back for a while
G Bm
Got to go back for a while
Bm A D
To that magic time
Verse: 2
G D A G
Call it nostalgia, I don't mind
D A
Standing on that windswept hillside
G Bm
Listenin' to the church bells chime
G Bm
Listenin' to the church bells chime
Bm A D D7
In that magic time
Harmonica Solo
G D A G D A G Bm G Bm Bm A D
Outro
G Bm
If we go back for a while
G Bm
Let me go back for a while
Bm A D
To that magic time