Jason Isbell- "The Magician"
From the Album Sirens of the Ditch
http://www.jasonisbell.com/

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-

G:    3x0033
F#/G: 2x0033
Em/G: 02x033
D:    xx0232
C/G:  x3x033
Am/G: x02233

Intro:
G   F#/G   Em/G
G   F#/G   Em/G
G (320003@1) F#/G   Em/G (322000@1)name="chord_xx0232@1">D   C/G (3x555x@1)Verse:
G (320003@1)           F#/G  Em/GYou (322000@1)watch every move
G (320003@1)           F#/G  Em/Gand (322000@1)call it slight of hand
G (320003@1)           F#/G  Em/Gyou (322000@1)know it's what I do
               D (xx0232@1)            C/Gbut (3x555x@1)never who I am, never who I am

G (320003@1)          F#/G  Em/Gstarted (322000@1)on the street
G (320003@1)          F#/G  Em/Gcards (322000@1)and dollar bills
G (320003@1)      F#/G  Em/Gshuffling (322000@1)my feet
              D (xx0232@1)                  C/G (3x555x@1)     Gnever (320003@1)could be still, never could be still

Chorus:
    D (xx0232@1)     C/G (3x555x@1)          Em/G (322000@1)       
  Gand (320003@1)I am an orphan man but ain't we all
D (xx0232@1)    C/G (3x555x@1)               Em/G (322000@1)F#/G  GI (320003@1)can make myself disappear
D (xx0232@1)     C/G (3x555x@1)          Em/G (322000@1)       F#/G   GI (320003@1)am an orphan man but ain't we all
D (xx0232@1)      C/G (3x555x@1)                  Em/G (322000@1)F#/G  GI (320003@1)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:
Am/G (302210@1)       C/GI (3x555x@1)was called amazing
Am/G (302210@1)       C/GI (3x555x@1)make folks believe
Am/G (302210@1)       C/GWith (3x555x@1)nothing in my pockets
Am/G (302210@1)       C/GAnd (3x555x@1)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

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