God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot chords by
Buffy Sainte-marie

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Key: C major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1
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God is alive
Magic is afoot
God is alive
Magic is afoot
God is afoot
Magic is alive
Alive is afoot
Magic never died
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God never sickened

Verse 2
Many poor men lied
Many sick men lied
Magic never weakened
Magic never hid
Magic always ruled
God is afoot
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God never died

Verse 3
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God was ruler
Though his funeral lengthened
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Though his mourners thickened
Magic never fled
Though his shrouds were hoisted
The naked God did live
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Though his words were twisted
The naked Magic thrived
Though his death was published
Round and round the world
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The heart did not believe

Verse 4

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Many hurt men wondered

Many struck men bled

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Magic never faltered

Verse 5
Magic always led
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Many stones were rolled
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But God would not lie down
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Many wild men lied
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Many  fat men listened
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Though they offered stones
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Ma gic still was fed
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Though they locked their coffers
God was always served
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Ma gic is afoot

Verse 6

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God rules

Alive is afoot

Alive is in command

Verse 7
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Many weak men hungered
Many strong men thrived
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Though they boasted solitude
God was at their side
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Nor the dreamer in his cell
Nor the captain on the hill
Magic is alive
Though his death was pardoned
Round and round the world
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The heart did not believe
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Though laws

Verse 8
Am Am 
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were carved in marble
They could not shelter men
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Though altars built in
parliaments
They could not order men
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Bbm Bbm 
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Police arrested   Magic
And Magic went with them
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For Magic loves the hungry
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But Ma  gic would not

Verse 9
tarry
It moves from arm to arm
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It would not stay with them
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Magic is afoot
It cannot come to harm
It rests in an empty palm
It spawns in an empty mind
But Magic is no instrument
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Magic is the end

Verse 10
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Many men drove Magic
But Magic stayed behind
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Many strong men lied
They only passed through Magic
And out the other side
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Many weak men lied
They came to God in secret
And though they left him nourished
They would not say who healed
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Though mountains danced before them
They said that God was
dead
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Though his shrouds were hoisted
The naked God did live
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This I mean to whisper to my mind

Verse 11
This I mean to laugh with in my mind
This I mean my mind to serve 'til
Service is but Magic
Moving through the world
And mind itself is Magic
Coursing through the flesh
And flesh itself is Magic
Dancing on a clock
And time itself the magic length of
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God