A Kind Of Magic

Words and music by Roger Taylor

Transcribed by Damien Foster (d_foster@hilbert.maths.utas.edu.au)
N.C. (no chord!)
Its a kind of magic, its a kind of magic, its a kind of magic

    A (x02220@1)                  B9One (x2122x@1)dream, one soul, one prize, one goal

    Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)          AOne (x02220@1)golden glance, of what should be (its a kind of magic)

                        B9 (x2122x@1)              Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)        AOne (x02220@1)shaft of light that shows the way, no mortal man can win this day.

                     B9 (x2122x@1)                 Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)        AThe (x02220@1)bell that rings inside your mind, is challenging the doors of time


    F#m7 (131141@2)        D (xx0232@1)                F#m7 (131141@2)            EThe (022100@1)waiting seems eternity here, the day will dawn, on sanity

   D (xx0232@1)            A (x02220@1)                                 D (xx0232@1)         AIs (x02220@1)this a kind of magic, (its a kind of magic), there can be only one

     E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                         EThis (022100@1)rage that lasts a thousand years will soon be gone


     A (x02220@1)                B9 (x2122x@1)           Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)        AThis (x02220@1)flame that burns inside of me, Im hearing secret harmonies

                        B9 (x2122x@1)             Dmaj7 (xx0222@1)        AThe (x02220@1)bell that rings inside your mind, is challening the doors of time


D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1) D (xx0232@1) A (x02220@1)D (xx0232@1)A (x02220@1)
     E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                         EThis (022100@1)rage that lasts a thousand years will soon be done

     D (xx0232@1)          A (x02220@1)          D (xx0232@1)         AThis (x02220@1)is a kind of magic, there can be only one

     E (022100@1)       G (320003@1)     D (xx0232@1)                          E11 (022232@1)E7This (020130@1)rage that lasts a thousand years, will soon be done


D A D A D A  etc and fade out.


Some chord diagrams that might be useful:

       A (x02220@1)   B9 (x2122x@1) Dmaj7F#m7   D (xx0232@1)   E (022100@1)E -----0-----2-----2-----2-----2-----0------------------------------------------|
B -----2-----2-----2-----5-----3-----0------------------------------------------|
G -----2-----2-----2-----2-----2-----1------------------------------------------|
D -----2-----1-----0-----2-----0-----2------------------------------------------|
A -----0-----2-----x-----4-----x-----2------------------------------------------|
E -----x-----x-----x-----2-----x-----0------------------------------------------|