Three is a Magic Number
By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973
This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.
Capo 2 for original TV version.
Intro: D G A
--First Verse Single Strum Chords--
|D G |D G
Three, is a magic number,
|D G |D G|
Yes it is, it's a magic number.
|D G |D G
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
|D G |D G|
You get three as a magic number.
--Strumming--
|D G |
The past and the present and the future.
|D G |
Faith and Hope and Charity,
|D G
The heart and the brain and the body
|D G |D G |
Give you three, as a magic number.
|D G
It takes three legs to make a tri-pod
|D G |
Or to make a table stand.
|D G |
It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle
|D G |
Called a tricycle.
|D G |
Every triangle has three corners,
|D G
Every triangle has three sides,
|D G
No more, no less.
|D G
You don't have to guess.
|D G
When it's three you can see
|D G|
It's a magic number.
|D G D G|
A man and a woman had a little baby,
|D G
Yes, they did.
|D G |D G
They had three in the family,
|D G|D G|
And that's a magic number.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) multiply backwards from three times ten
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A
And three times one is three of course.
| |
(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) now multiply from ten backwards
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A |
And three times one (what is it?)
|D G |D G |D G|
THREE! Yeah!, That’s a magic number
|D G |D G
A man and a woman had a little baby.
|D G
Yes, they did,
|D G |D G
There were three in the family.
|D --Hold last chord--
That's a magic number.
