Prestidigitation chords by 
Stephen Schwartz 
N/A
Key: D# minor•
Verse 1
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He lived upstairs from me,
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on the fifth floor
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Of a walk -up on Mac Dougall Street,
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above a bar
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His name was Mario,
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and in his prime
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He ran a traveling magic show,
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he was the star
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He talked of death and chess,
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and of the times
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He toured the nation,
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displaying powers only
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He wore a purple robe with
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rhinestone moon s
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Em broidered round a silver globe
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He owned three cats
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His room was full of screens
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and gypsy scarves
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And dusty yellow magazines
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And old silk hats
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I'd bring him cigarettes
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And share my wine
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And conver sation
He paid me back with tricks
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A child could guess
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He called them feat s of press
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Dedica tion
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La, la, la, la, la
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And then one night last fall,
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I came home late
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And two men jumped me in the hall
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They smelled of gin
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One held me like a vice
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One pulled the knife
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And giggled as he took a slice
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Out of my chin
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He pressed it to my throat
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And I nev er knew
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Such des peration
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Just like a sinking ship that's in distress
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With no one to S .O
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.S. and no sal vation
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When all so suddenly
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we heard the roar
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Of a beast with fur like
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ebony an d razor claws
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It dropped those men like stones,
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and the air was filled with the sound
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of screams and breaking bones,
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in brutal jaws.
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And then it disappeared
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into the night of its cre ation,
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leaving behind a grim an d bloody mess.
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To please the most
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grotesque imagina tion
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La la la la la, la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la la
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La la la la la la la la la la la la la la la
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And why I'll never know, but right away
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I ran upstairs to Mario to tell my tale.
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He lay there on the bed,
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the room was dark,
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but I could see that he was dead.
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He looked so frail.
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And on his withered face
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there was a smile of such elation,
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Not even death could deal his happiness
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At one last great beat of
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press
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Digitation
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La la la la la, la la la la la la
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La la la la la, la la la la la
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La la la la la, la la la la la la
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La, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la,
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la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, la, you
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