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Just a song about being an artist.

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Magic
(c) Sean McGaughey July 18, 2015

A X2 F#m x2 Dx2 E x2
V1
A X2
It's just six wires, gears and lumber
F#m x2
Carefully crafted to resonate
D x2
Some people open easily
E x2
For others it's hard to relate
A X2
But there's something 'bout a song
F#m x2
that can touch the hardest heart
D x2
Bring people together
E x2
Even continents apart


Chorus
D E A
In the hands of an artist it's magic
D E A
It can take you places you have never been
D E
Let you walk in a strangers shoes
A F#m
till their no longer foreign
D E A
Bridge the gulf between the earth and your dreams

A X2 F#m x2 Dx2 E x2


V2
A X2
Its just words on a blank page
F#m x2
Names and places you can't recognize
D x2
As imaginary people struggle
E x2
You find that you can empathize.
A X2
With their struggles and their dreams
F#m x2
That were once so remote
D x2
The greatest stories help us see
E x2
A world filled with hope

Chorus

V3
A X2
It's just blobs on a canvas
F#m x2
Lines and colors scattered everywhere
D x2
But step across the room
E x2
and you'll see a whole village there
A X2
It's the work of an artist
F#m x2
to make the hardest things with ease
D x2
To convey the simplest feelings
E x2
Takes years of expertise

Chorus

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from Life's Lessons I'll Never Learn, released November 16, 2017
Sean McGaughey: Guitars, Bass, Vocals
Jessica McGaughey: Keyboards

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Sean McGaughey Ontario

I am a folk singer-songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and children's entertainer in Simcoe County Ontario. By day, I am a mild-mannered Elementary School teacher-librarian.

Since 2013, I have been participating the the February Album Writing Month Challenge at fawm.org to write 14 songs in February.

This year I challenged myself to up my musicianship and production values. This is the result. ... more

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