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The Magic Bus

by The Who · posted by WaltP

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How to read this tab — notation key
+
Blow note
−
Draw note
b or '
Half-step bend
bb or ''
Two half-step bend
bbb or '''
Three half-step bend
(###)
Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *
Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab
THE MAGIC BUS
By Peter Townshend
The Who
Key:G

-4  -5 -5 -5 -3* 3   3    3
Ev-‘ry day I get in the queue 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
3   3  3   3   3   -1   -2   3  3   3
To get on the bus that takes me to you 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-4  -5  -5  -5  -4  3   -4   3    7
I’m so ner-vous, I just sit and smile 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-1   -2   3  3  -1 -1  -2 3   3  
You house is on-ly an-oth-er mile 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-4    -5    -5  -5   -5 -3*  3    3   3
Thank you, driv-er, for get-ting me here 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
3       3  3  3  -1   -2   3    3   3
You’ll be an in-spec-tor, have no fear 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-4  -5   -5  -5  -4   3  -4 3
I don’t want to cause no fuss 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-1  -2  3  3  -1-1 -2   3  3
But can I buy your mag-ic bus? 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)

Nooooooooo!

-4  -5   -5   -5  -3* 3  3
I don’t care how much I pay 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)
-2    3   3  -1 -1 -2 -2  3    3
Drive my bus to my ba-by each day 
7      7   -5  -6 -6  7
(too much,the mag-ic bus)

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ... (you cant have it!)
Thruppence and sixpence every day
Just to drive to my baby
Thruppence and sixpence each day
cause I drive my baby every way

Magic bus, magic bus, magic bus ...

I said, now Ive got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I said, now Ive got my magic bus (too much, magic bus)
I drive my baby every way (too much, magic bus)
Each time I go a different way (too much, magic bus)

I want it, I want it, I want it, I want it ...

Every day youll see the dust (too much, magic bus)
As I drive my baby in my magic bus (too much, magic bus) 
Play on a harmonica— watch which holes to blow & draw, with sound

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