God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot chords by Buffy Sainte-Marie
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Intro 1
(C major)
Verse 1
(C major) God is alive
Magic is afoot
God is alive
Magic is afoot
God is afoot
Magic is alive
Alive is afoot
Magic never died
(F major) 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
God (C major) never died
Verse 3
God was (C major) ruler
Though his funeral lengthened
(F major) Though his mourners thickened
Magic never fled
Though his shrouds were hoisted
The naked God did live
(D minor) Though his words were twisted
The naked Magic thrived
Though his death was published
Round and round the world
The (C major) heart did not believe
Verse 4
Many hurt men wondered (C major)
Many struck men bled
Magic (F major) never faltered
Verse 5
Magic always led
(F major) Many stones were rolled
But (D minor) God would not lie down
(B flat major) Many wild men lied
(B flat minor) Many fat men listened
(D minor) Though they offered stones
(G major) Ma gic still was fed
(C major) Though they locked their coffers
God was always served
(F major) Ma gic is afoot
Verse 6
(F major)
God rules
Alive is afoot
Alive is in command
Verse 7
Many weak men (F major) hungered
Many strong men thrived
(C major) Though they boasted solitude
God was at their side
(F major) 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
The (C major) heart did not believe
(G major) Though laws
Verse 8
(A minor) were carved in marble
They could not shelter men
(D minor) Though altars built in
parliaments
They could not order men
Po (B flat major) lice arres (B flat minor) ted Magic
And Magic went with them
(C major) For Magic loves the (F major) hungry
But (D minor) Ma gic would not
Verse 9
tarry
It moves from arm to arm
It (B flat major) would not stay with them
(G major) 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
Ma (C major) gic is the end
Verse 10
Many men drove (C major) Magic
But Magic stayed behind
(A minor) Many strong men lied
They only passed through Magic
And out the other side
(D minor) Many weak men lied
They came to God in secret
And though they left him nourished
They would not say who healed
Though (B flat major) mountains danced before them
They said that God was
dead
(G major) Though his shrouds were hoisted
The naked God did live
(D minor) 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
God (C major)
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(C major) (F major)
(F major)
God Is Alive, Magic Is Afoot
Buffy Sainte-Marie
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