Chords for how to play mr. magic demo
Tempo:
133.4 bpm
Chords used:
C
Bb
Ab
G
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] Johnny Lee Long, what's happening?
What's happening?
What's happening?
And I'm back.
All right, today, a brother hit [Gb] me up and said, hey Johnny, man, could you do Mr.
[N] Magic for me?
Everybody know what Mr.
Magic is.
It's like Grover Washington's number one tune.
[Em] And it's like the anthem of jazz.
That's what I say.
The anthem [N] of jazz.
Okay, but check this out.
I'm still learning.
He's still learning.
And there's a [Ab] lot of other [G] people out there that's still learning.
So I'm going to do it my way.
Okay, and then I'm [B] going to do it slow enough where [Em] you can understand it.
All right?
So I'm using my status today.
This is my status series two.
You've seen me use it a couple other times before.
Don't look at that lover base, because she get jealous really quick.
But anywho.
All right, so let's do this.
All right?
So we're going to start on the C.
Let's get everything [N] situated here.
All right, so we start on the C.
And this is a [D] C.
Okay, the song is a C.
So [G] let's start.
One.
I'm going to do it in time first.
[Ab] Let's do it in [Em] time first.
I'm going to do it my style, [G] okay?
[C] [F]
[E]
[Fm] I'm going to sing it to you.
[F] Da da da da da da.
Da da da da.
[Bb] Da da da da [D] da.
[Bb] Da da da [Eb]
[Ab] da.
[G] Da
[C] da da da [F] da da.
[Ebm] Da da da
[Ab] da da [Eb]
[C] [Ab] da.
Da da da da [Ebm] da da.
[G]
[Ab] [C] Da da da.
[F] Okay?
[D] Now, [Db]
I'm going to show you how the song goes.
Nothing hard [C] about it.
And only [Bb] hard if you make [Gbm] it hard.
All right?
So we're not going to [N] make it hard.
All right?
We're going to make it right.
All right?
So let's get this strapped again.
Tighten everything up [C] again.
All right, we're going to start from the top.
Okay, let's start on the C.
First note is C.
[Am]
Then F.
[Fm] [B] All right?
One more time.
[C] [N]
Walk it up.
A, B flat, B, C.
[Bb] [E] [D] [C]
[F] Same thing.
[A] [Bb] [B] [D] You hear it with me?
You got it?
[Db]
[A] [Bb] [B] [D] Uh huh.
I hear you.
[Am] [F]
[A] [Bb] [B] [C] Uh huh.
Keep on doing it.
Go to the B flat.
Da [Bb] da da
[C] C.
Da da da.
Back to the B flat.
[Bb] Da da da B flat [Am] to [Ebm] E flat [Abm]
to A flat to G.
[G]
G?
G?
Then back to what?
One.
C.
[C]
Da da da da da da [F] da.
[Fm] [F] Da [Bb] da.
E [Ebm] flat.
Da da da da da da to the A [Ab] flat.
[Ebm] Da da da da da da da da da.
[Ab] Da da da da da da da da da.
To the A flat.
Da da da da da da da da da da.
[Ebm] E flat.
Right to the [G] G.
[Em] Do the G again.
Do a G.
[Gm] Right to the one again, C.
[N]
You got it.
I thought you said you needed my help.
You planned it without me.
So check it out.
So in time.
In time is one, two, three, four.
Man with me.
Man [A] with [Bb] me.
[B] [C] With me.
With me.
[N]
Not Whitney.
Da [C] da da da da da da.
E [Bb] flat.
See how they sing?
[D] [C]
[Bb] E [Eb] flat.
E flat.
[Ab] A flat [G] to G.
[C] And C.
Da da da da da da da.
E flat.
Da [Eb] da da da da da.
Right to the [Ab] A flat.
E flat.
[Eb] A [Ab] flat.
Da da da da da da. E [Eb] flat.
Right [D] to the G.
[Bm] Da da da.
Then [N] C.
Right back over.
You got a song.
That's the whole song.
Now, once you get it
to you think you got it under your nails,
[Am] you can groove it.
You can groove it.
I put [Ab]
some changes in [N] mind when I do it with the band.
Because the band is so amazing.
I can throw stuff on them
and they can hear it.
They're like a part of me.
When I play it, it's a little different.
[G] I play it a little bit different.
I put a B in it.
[F] Sometime where the E flat is.
I [Bb] do like a
[Gb]
[Bb] [B] [C]
[D] [Bb] [B]
[D] [C] [G] [Bb]
[Ebm] [C] [D] [F]
[A] [Bb] [Am]
[F] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[A] [Bb] [Ebm] [Ab]
[G] [C] [Bm] [C] [E]
[F] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [D] [Eb] [D] [G]
[N] So, um
That's just my way of doing it.
See, when you get it under your [Em] nails,
right there, you can be awesome.
You can be so awesome
that I'm going to be calling you
and be like, dude, what [Db] was it you were [G] doing
that was like beyond me?
Anyway, guys, look.
My name is Johnny B.
Long.
[Gb] I appreciate you checking out [N] my videos.
You know what, guys?
I appreciate you guys [Gb] even asking me to do something like this.
[E] Because we all learn.
I'm a beginner, too.
[N] A lot of things I'm still learning every day.
It's awesome!
Awesome!
You guys are awesome.
Johnny B.
Long.
Peace out!
What's happening?
What's happening?
And I'm back.
All right, today, a brother hit [Gb] me up and said, hey Johnny, man, could you do Mr.
[N] Magic for me?
Everybody know what Mr.
Magic is.
It's like Grover Washington's number one tune.
[Em] And it's like the anthem of jazz.
That's what I say.
The anthem [N] of jazz.
Okay, but check this out.
I'm still learning.
He's still learning.
And there's a [Ab] lot of other [G] people out there that's still learning.
So I'm going to do it my way.
Okay, and then I'm [B] going to do it slow enough where [Em] you can understand it.
All right?
So I'm using my status today.
This is my status series two.
You've seen me use it a couple other times before.
Don't look at that lover base, because she get jealous really quick.
But anywho.
All right, so let's do this.
All right?
So we're going to start on the C.
Let's get everything [N] situated here.
All right, so we start on the C.
And this is a [D] C.
Okay, the song is a C.
So [G] let's start.
One.
I'm going to do it in time first.
[Ab] Let's do it in [Em] time first.
I'm going to do it my style, [G] okay?
[C] [F]
[E]
[Fm] I'm going to sing it to you.
[F] Da da da da da da.
Da da da da.
[Bb] Da da da da [D] da.
[Bb] Da da da [Eb]
[Ab] da.
[G] Da
[C] da da da [F] da da.
[Ebm] Da da da
[Ab] da da [Eb]
[C] [Ab] da.
Da da da da [Ebm] da da.
[G]
[Ab] [C] Da da da.
[F] Okay?
[D] Now, [Db]
I'm going to show you how the song goes.
Nothing hard [C] about it.
And only [Bb] hard if you make [Gbm] it hard.
All right?
So we're not going to [N] make it hard.
All right?
We're going to make it right.
All right?
So let's get this strapped again.
Tighten everything up [C] again.
All right, we're going to start from the top.
Okay, let's start on the C.
First note is C.
[Am]
Then F.
[Fm] [B] All right?
One more time.
[C] [N]
Walk it up.
A, B flat, B, C.
[Bb] [E] [D] [C]
[F] Same thing.
[A] [Bb] [B] [D] You hear it with me?
You got it?
[Db]
[A] [Bb] [B] [D] Uh huh.
I hear you.
[Am] [F]
[A] [Bb] [B] [C] Uh huh.
Keep on doing it.
Go to the B flat.
Da [Bb] da da
[C] C.
Da da da.
Back to the B flat.
[Bb] Da da da B flat [Am] to [Ebm] E flat [Abm]
to A flat to G.
[G]
G?
G?
Then back to what?
One.
C.
[C]
Da da da da da da [F] da.
[Fm] [F] Da [Bb] da.
E [Ebm] flat.
Da da da da da da to the A [Ab] flat.
[Ebm] Da da da da da da da da da.
[Ab] Da da da da da da da da da.
To the A flat.
Da da da da da da da da da da.
[Ebm] E flat.
Right to the [G] G.
[Em] Do the G again.
Do a G.
[Gm] Right to the one again, C.
[N]
You got it.
I thought you said you needed my help.
You planned it without me.
So check it out.
So in time.
In time is one, two, three, four.
Man with me.
Man [A] with [Bb] me.
[B] [C] With me.
With me.
[N]
Not Whitney.
Da [C] da da da da da da.
E [Bb] flat.
See how they sing?
[D] [C]
[Bb] E [Eb] flat.
E flat.
[Ab] A flat [G] to G.
[C] And C.
Da da da da da da da.
E flat.
Da [Eb] da da da da da.
Right to the [Ab] A flat.
E flat.
[Eb] A [Ab] flat.
Da da da da da da. E [Eb] flat.
Right [D] to the G.
[Bm] Da da da.
Then [N] C.
Right back over.
You got a song.
That's the whole song.
Now, once you get it
to you think you got it under your nails,
[Am] you can groove it.
You can groove it.
I put [Ab]
some changes in [N] mind when I do it with the band.
Because the band is so amazing.
I can throw stuff on them
and they can hear it.
They're like a part of me.
When I play it, it's a little different.
[G] I play it a little bit different.
I put a B in it.
[F] Sometime where the E flat is.
I [Bb] do like a
[Gb]
[Bb] [B] [C]
[D] [Bb] [B]
[D] [C] [G] [Bb]
[Ebm] [C] [D] [F]
[A] [Bb] [Am]
[F] [Bb]
[G] [C]
[A] [Bb] [Ebm] [Ab]
[G] [C] [Bm] [C] [E]
[F] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab] [Ebm] [Ab] [Eb]
[Ab]
[Eb] [D] [Eb] [D] [G]
[N] So, um
That's just my way of doing it.
See, when you get it under your [Em] nails,
right there, you can be awesome.
You can be so awesome
that I'm going to be calling you
and be like, dude, what [Db] was it you were [G] doing
that was like beyond me?
Anyway, guys, look.
My name is Johnny B.
Long.
[Gb] I appreciate you checking out [N] my videos.
You know what, guys?
I appreciate you guys [Gb] even asking me to do something like this.
[E] Because we all learn.
I'm a beginner, too.
[N] A lot of things I'm still learning every day.
It's awesome!
Awesome!
You guys are awesome.
Johnny B.
Long.
Peace out!
Key:
C
Bb
Ab
G
D
C
Bb
Ab
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Johnny Lee Long, what's happening?
What's happening?
What's happening?
_ _ _ And I'm back.
All right, today, _ a brother hit [Gb] me up and said, hey Johnny, man, could you do Mr.
[N] Magic for me?
Everybody know what Mr.
Magic is.
It's like Grover Washington's number one tune.
[Em] And it's like the anthem of jazz. _ _
_ That's what I say.
The anthem [N] of jazz.
Okay, but check this out.
_ I'm still learning.
He's still learning.
And there's a [Ab] lot of other [G] people out there that's still learning.
So I'm going to do it my way.
Okay, and then I'm [B] going to do it slow enough where [Em] you can understand it.
All right?
_ So I'm using my status today.
This is my status series two.
You've seen me use it a couple other times before.
_ Don't look at that lover base, because _ she get jealous really quick.
_ But anywho.
_ All right, _ so let's do this.
All right?
_ _ So we're going to start on the C.
Let's get everything _ _ _ [N] situated here.
_ All right, so we start on the C.
And this is a [D] C.
_ _ Okay, the song is a C.
So [G] let's start.
One.
I'm going to do it in time first.
[Ab] Let's do it in [Em] time first.
I'm going to do it my style, [G] okay? _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ I'm going to sing it to you.
[F] Da da da da da da.
Da da da da.
[Bb] Da da da _ _ da [D] da.
_ _ _ [Bb] Da da da [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] da.
_ [G] Da _
[C] _ _ da da da [F] da da. _
_ _ [Ebm] Da da da _ _
_ [Ab] _ da da _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] da.
Da da da da [Ebm] da da.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] Da da da. _
_ _ _ [F] Okay?
[D] Now, [Db]
I'm going to show you how the song goes.
Nothing hard [C] about it.
And only [Bb] hard if you make [Gbm] it hard.
All right?
So we're not going to [N] make it hard.
All right?
We're going to make it right.
All right?
So let's get this strapped again. _
Tighten everything up [C] again.
All right, we're going to start from the top. _
Okay, let's start on the C.
First note is C.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Then F.
[Fm] _ [B] All right?
One more time.
[C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Walk it up.
A, B flat, B, C. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Same thing.
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [D] You hear it with me?
You got it?
_ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [D] _ Uh huh.
I hear you.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] Uh huh.
Keep on doing it.
_ _ _ Go to the B flat.
_ _ Da [Bb] da da _
_ _ [C] C.
Da da da.
_ _ Back to the B flat.
[Bb] Da da da B flat [Am] to [Ebm] E flat _ [Abm] _
to A flat _ to G.
[G] _
G?
G?
Then back to what?
One.
C.
_ [C] _
Da da da da da da [F] da.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] Da [Bb] da.
E [Ebm] flat.
Da da da da da da to the A [Ab] flat. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] Da da _ da da da da da da da.
[Ab] Da da da da da da da da da.
To the A flat.
Da da da da da da da da da da.
[Ebm] _ E flat.
Right to the [G] G. _ _
[Em] Do the G again.
_ _ _ Do a G.
_ [Gm] Right to the one again, C.
_ [N] _
You got it.
_ _ I thought you said you needed my help.
_ You planned it without me.
So check it out.
So in time. _ _ _
In time is one, two, three, four. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Man with me. _ _ _ _ _ _
Man [A] with [Bb] me.
[B] _ [C] _ With me.
With me.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Not Whitney.
_ Da _ _ _ [C] da da da da da da. _
_ _ _ E [Bb] flat.
See how they sing?
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] E [Eb] flat.
E flat.
[Ab] _ A flat [G] to G.
[C] And C.
Da da da da da da da.
E flat.
Da [Eb] da da da da da.
Right to the [Ab] A flat. _ _
E flat.
_ [Eb] _ _ A [Ab] flat.
Da da da da da da. E [Eb] flat.
_ Right [D] to the G.
[Bm] _ _ Da da da.
Then [N] C.
Right back over.
You got a song.
That's the whole song.
_ Now, _ _ once you get it
to you think you got it under your nails,
[Am] you can groove it.
You can groove it.
I put [Ab]
some changes in [N] mind when I do it with the band.
Because the band is so amazing.
I can throw stuff on them
and they can hear it.
They're like a part of me.
When I play it, it's a little different.
[G] I play it a little bit different.
I put a B in it.
[F] Sometime where the E flat is.
_ I [Bb] do like a_
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [E] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ So, _ um_
That's just my way of doing it.
See, when you get it under your [Em] nails,
right there, _ _ you can be awesome.
You can be so awesome
that I'm going to be calling you
and be like, dude, what [Db] was it you were [G] doing
that was like beyond me? _ _ _ _
Anyway, guys, look.
My name is Johnny B.
Long.
[Gb] I appreciate you checking out [N] my videos.
You know what, guys?
I appreciate _ you guys [Gb] even asking me to do something like this.
[E] Because we all learn.
I'm a beginner, too.
[N] A lot of things I'm still learning every day.
_ _ It's awesome!
Awesome!
_ _ _ You guys are awesome.
_ _ _ _ Johnny B.
Long.
Peace out!
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ _ Johnny Lee Long, what's happening?
What's happening?
What's happening?
_ _ _ And I'm back.
All right, today, _ a brother hit [Gb] me up and said, hey Johnny, man, could you do Mr.
[N] Magic for me?
Everybody know what Mr.
Magic is.
It's like Grover Washington's number one tune.
[Em] And it's like the anthem of jazz. _ _
_ That's what I say.
The anthem [N] of jazz.
Okay, but check this out.
_ I'm still learning.
He's still learning.
And there's a [Ab] lot of other [G] people out there that's still learning.
So I'm going to do it my way.
Okay, and then I'm [B] going to do it slow enough where [Em] you can understand it.
All right?
_ So I'm using my status today.
This is my status series two.
You've seen me use it a couple other times before.
_ Don't look at that lover base, because _ she get jealous really quick.
_ But anywho.
_ All right, _ so let's do this.
All right?
_ _ So we're going to start on the C.
Let's get everything _ _ _ [N] situated here.
_ All right, so we start on the C.
And this is a [D] C.
_ _ Okay, the song is a C.
So [G] let's start.
One.
I'm going to do it in time first.
[Ab] Let's do it in [Em] time first.
I'm going to do it my style, [G] okay? _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Fm] _ I'm going to sing it to you.
[F] Da da da da da da.
Da da da da.
[Bb] Da da da _ _ da [D] da.
_ _ _ [Bb] Da da da [Eb] _
_ _ [Ab] da.
_ [G] Da _
[C] _ _ da da da [F] da da. _
_ _ [Ebm] Da da da _ _
_ [Ab] _ da da _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [Ab] da.
Da da da da [Ebm] da da.
_ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [Ab] _ _ [C] Da da da. _
_ _ _ [F] Okay?
[D] Now, [Db]
I'm going to show you how the song goes.
Nothing hard [C] about it.
And only [Bb] hard if you make [Gbm] it hard.
All right?
So we're not going to [N] make it hard.
All right?
We're going to make it right.
All right?
So let's get this strapped again. _
Tighten everything up [C] again.
All right, we're going to start from the top. _
Okay, let's start on the C.
First note is C.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ Then F.
[Fm] _ [B] All right?
One more time.
[C] _ _ [N] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Walk it up.
A, B flat, B, C. _
_ [Bb] _ _ [E] _ [D] _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] Same thing.
_ [A] _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [D] You hear it with me?
You got it?
_ _ _ [Db] _ _
_ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [D] _ Uh huh.
I hear you.
[Am] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ [Bb] _ [B] _ [C] Uh huh.
Keep on doing it.
_ _ _ Go to the B flat.
_ _ Da [Bb] da da _
_ _ [C] C.
Da da da.
_ _ Back to the B flat.
[Bb] Da da da B flat [Am] to [Ebm] E flat _ [Abm] _
to A flat _ to G.
[G] _
G?
G?
Then back to what?
One.
C.
_ [C] _
Da da da da da da [F] da.
_ _ [Fm] _ _ _ _ [F] Da [Bb] da.
E [Ebm] flat.
Da da da da da da to the A [Ab] flat. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ebm] Da da _ da da da da da da da.
[Ab] Da da da da da da da da da.
To the A flat.
Da da da da da da da da da da.
[Ebm] _ E flat.
Right to the [G] G. _ _
[Em] Do the G again.
_ _ _ Do a G.
_ [Gm] Right to the one again, C.
_ [N] _
You got it.
_ _ I thought you said you needed my help.
_ You planned it without me.
So check it out.
So in time. _ _ _
In time is one, two, three, four. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Man with me. _ _ _ _ _ _
Man [A] with [Bb] me.
[B] _ [C] _ With me.
With me.
[N] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Not Whitney.
_ Da _ _ _ [C] da da da da da da. _
_ _ _ E [Bb] flat.
See how they sing?
[D] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _
_ [Bb] E [Eb] flat.
E flat.
[Ab] _ A flat [G] to G.
[C] And C.
Da da da da da da da.
E flat.
Da [Eb] da da da da da.
Right to the [Ab] A flat. _ _
E flat.
_ [Eb] _ _ A [Ab] flat.
Da da da da da da. E [Eb] flat.
_ Right [D] to the G.
[Bm] _ _ Da da da.
Then [N] C.
Right back over.
You got a song.
That's the whole song.
_ Now, _ _ once you get it
to you think you got it under your nails,
[Am] you can groove it.
You can groove it.
I put [Ab]
some changes in [N] mind when I do it with the band.
Because the band is so amazing.
I can throw stuff on them
and they can hear it.
They're like a part of me.
When I play it, it's a little different.
[G] I play it a little bit different.
I put a B in it.
[F] Sometime where the E flat is.
_ I [Bb] do like a_
_ _ [Gb] _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ [B] _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [B] _
[D] _ [C] _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [Ebm] _ [C] _ _ _ [D] _ _ [F] _
[A] _ _ [Bb] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
[A] _ [Bb] _ _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [C] _ _ [Bm] _ [C] _ _ [E] _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ [Eb] _ _
[Ab] _ [Ebm] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [Eb] _ [D] _ [G] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [N] _ _ _ So, _ um_
That's just my way of doing it.
See, when you get it under your [Em] nails,
right there, _ _ you can be awesome.
You can be so awesome
that I'm going to be calling you
and be like, dude, what [Db] was it you were [G] doing
that was like beyond me? _ _ _ _
Anyway, guys, look.
My name is Johnny B.
Long.
[Gb] I appreciate you checking out [N] my videos.
You know what, guys?
I appreciate _ you guys [Gb] even asking me to do something like this.
[E] Because we all learn.
I'm a beginner, too.
[N] A lot of things I'm still learning every day.
_ _ It's awesome!
Awesome!
_ _ _ You guys are awesome.
_ _ _ _ Johnny B.
Long.
Peace out!
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