3 Is The Magic Number

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[Verse 1]

E  F#m             E
Three is the magic number
A      E F#m          E    A
Yes it is its a magic number
E                 F#m            
Somewhere in this ancient mystic 
E
trinity
A       E F#m        E     A
You got 3 as a magic number

    E                           
The past and the present and the 
 A
future
E                  A
Faith and hope and charity
    E                           A
The heart and the brain and the body
         E    A           E      A
Give you three as a magic number

[Verse 2]

E                   A            
Takes three legs to make a tripod
        E                 A
 and to make a table stand
E                     A          
Takes three wheels to make a 
     E               A
vehicle called a tricycle
E               A                 
Every triangle has three corners, 
E              A
every triangle has three sides
   Em          A          E      
No more no less you don't have to
       A
 guess
          E            A       
When its three you can see its a 
        E     A
magic number

  E               A            E  
A man and a woman had a little 
 A          E   A
baby, yes they did
         E            A     E   
They had three in the family and
A               E      A
 that's a magic number
 E    A  E  A
Whaoo

[Verse 3]

E    A E    A  E      A E  A
3 6 9 12 15 18 21 24 27 30
E     A
3 6 9
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E       A
12 15 18
E     A
21 24 27
E  A
Thirty

[Verse 4]

        E            A            
Now the multiples of three come up
       E                      A
 three times in each set of ten
       E                 A
In the first ten you get 3 6 9
           E                 A    
And in the teens ten you get 12 15
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 & 18
           A                E     
And in the twenties you get a 21 24 
A
27
         E               A
And they go down even on 30

[Verse 5]

    E                 A
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 
10
E             A
3 times 10 is 30
Em           A
3 times 9 is 27
E            A
3 times 8 is 24
E            A
3 times 7 is 21
E            A
3 times 6 is 18
E            A
3 times 5 is 15
E            A
3 times 4 is 12

And
        E
3 times 3 is 9
B            C#m
3 times 2 is 6
F#
And
        Bm                E A
3 times 1 is 3 of course

E                                A
Now repeat the whole pack again

[Verse 6]

   E      A
(3) 3 6 9
    E      A
(12)12 15 18
     E      A
(21) 21 24 27
     E  A
(30) 30

    E                       A
Now multiply backwards from 3 time 
10
E              A
3 times 10 is 30
E             A
3 times 9 is 27
E             A
3 times 8 is 24
E             A
3 times 7 is 21
E             A
3 times 6 is 18
E             A
3 times 5 is 15
E             A
3 times 4 is 12

And
        E
3 times 3 is 9
B            C#m
3 times 2 is 6
F#m
And
        B              E      A E A
3 times 1 is the magic number

[Outtro]

   E              A                
A man and a woman had a little 
E A         E  A
baby, yes they did
          E           A     E   
They had three in the family and
A              E
 thats a magic number