Magna Of Illusion chords by Blue Öyster Cult

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Intro 1

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

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Verse 2
A 
Am 
A 
Now of  these books 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
A 
G 
When the riddle begins
Em 
The story will end
G 
August the first

Verse 3
A 
1892
And in the guise of destiny
G 
Em 
F#m 
Grandad quit Cornwall
A 
I'm a captain of a ship
Em 
G 
F#m 
My ship is charmed,
A 
Em 
and called Plutonia.

Verse 4

Stories on land, storms at sea

'tween 1892 and '93

When grandad sailed

Interlude 1

for Mexico

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

Verse 6
Em 
A 
By one man
C 
D 
So on and off again
C 
He sailed the Europe's rim
Bm 
On and off, off and on
B 
Until his time had come
G 

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

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

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

Verse 10

Stories on land, storms at sea

'tween 1892 and '93

When grandad sailed for Mexico

Verse 11
G 
When tables collapse
D 
And floors have filled
Em 
D 
Em 
And the party's over, it's all over
G 
Sea- dogs and rockers
D 
will dwell on doom
Em 
D 
I've warped the stuff of ground
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
D 
Em 
More a snare than lust
D 