Magna Of Illusion Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G]
[Em]

[Verse 1]
[Em]Cornwall and the harbor
Where witches went mad
more than [A]once and
Until this day
In dreams at least
The lighthouse at lost [Bm]Christabel
Squat and [G]hugely [Em]tilts
[D]Upon [Em]the strand where
granddad's [A]house was [Em]built
[D]And having sto[G]od the test of time
[C]The starry gal[D]e the bloody tid[G]e
Grandad's [Em]house though
gaped with [A]hooks
And [Em]filled [A]with books
[C]Could stand no more until
A certain prophecy
[Bm]Once read - now stood
Be[B]fore the world [Bm]fulfilled
[G]

[Verse 2]
[A]Now of [Am]these books[A] in
granddad's keep
Some of them were new but
mostly they were old
[Bm]And the oldest was a scroll
A prophecy that read
When the [A]riddle [G]begins
The story [Em]will end
August the [G]first

[Verse 3]
[A]1892
And in the guise of destiny
[G]Gra[Em]ndad quit Cornwal[F#m]l
I'm a [A]captain of a ship
[Em]My ship [G]is charm[F#m]ed,
[A]and called Plu[Em]tonia.

[Verse 4]
Stories on [Em]land, storms at [A]sea[Em]
[D]'tween [Em]1892 and '93
When grandad sailed

[Interlude 1]
for Mexico
[A][Em][G][D]

[Verse 5]
[Em]Ships charmed and ordinary
Sailed the glidepath to [A]the sun
And [Am]when [A]the sun proved false
As it always does
Some of them [Am]would be [Bm]lost
And [A]some would sail back [Em]home
It was [D]no star
But a [Em]magna [A]of illu[Em]sion
[D]I mean by tha[G]t
The mirror found
[C]In the chamber of jad[D]e
grown like a [G]seed
Deep within [Em]the ground
The mirror [A]found

[Verse 6]
[Em]
By [A]one man
[C]So on and off aga[D]in
[C]He sailed the Europe's rim
[Bm]On and off, off and on
Un[B]til his time had come
[G]

[Verse 7]
Through [A]tears and [Am]smiles
[A]The last domain
The rods of [Am]broken crys[A]tal
[Bm]On and off, and off again
Until his time had come
Late to the [A]story that [G]had been
But early to the riddle [Em]not yet begun

[Verse 8]
[Em]
August the [G]first [A]1893
The charmed ship Plutoni[G]a
[Em]Sailed like a ray into [A]Cornwall
And none too soon it [Em]seems

[Verse 9]
That [Em]night the captain's
granddaughter
Would celebrate her birthday
I've come a [G]long way,
[D]sai[Em]d the captain
From lost Christa[D]bel this [A]night
[Em]Accompanied by my dog familiar
To blast your [Em]rafters with my surprise!
[D]Gra[Em]nddaughter,
[G]it's a foreign mirror
[Bm]Taken from the jungle by [Em]crime!

[Verse 10]
Stories on [Em]land, storms at [A]sea
[Em]'tween 1892 and '93
[E]When grandad [Em]sailed for Mexico
[A][Em]

[Verse 11]
[G]When tables collapse
[D]And floors have filled
[Em]And the party's over[D], it's[Em] all over
[G]Sea- dogs and rockers
[D]will dwell on doom
[Em]I've warped the stuff of g[D]round
[Em]What seems to be is not
[G]Behind closed eyes
[D]Realize your sight
[Em]Mine, granddaughter, proves a surprise
More light than sun
More dark than night then
More a snare [D]than [Em]lust
[D]

[Outro 1]
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