The Magician

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 F#/G Em/G D C/G

Verse:

G F#/G Em/G

You watch every move

G F#/G Em/G

and call it slight of hand

G F#/G Em/G

you know it's what I do

D C/G

but never who I am, never who I am

G F#/G Em/G

started on the street

G F#/G Em/G

cards and dollar bills

G F#/G Em/G

shuffling my feet

D C/G G

never could be still, never could be still

Chorus:

D C/G Em/G

G

and I am an orphan man but ain't we all

D C/G Em/G F#/G G

I can make myself disappear

D C/G Em/G F#/G G

I am an orphan man but ain't we all

D C/G Em/G F#/G G

I 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 C/G

I was called amazing

Am/G C/G

I make folks believe

Am/G C/G

With nothing in my pockets

Am/G C/G

And 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