God is Alive Magic is Afoot — Buffy Sainte-Marie
Chords and lyrics for God is Alive Magic is Afoot by Buffy Sainte-Marie (key of F).
Intro
[C]God is alive
[C]Magic is afoot
[C]God is alive
[C]Magic is afoot
[C]God is afoot
[C]Magic is alive
[C]Alive is afoot
[C]Magic never died
Part 1
[F]God never sickened
[F]Many poor men lied
[F]Many sick men lied
[F]Magic never weakened
[F]Magic never hid
[F]Magic always ruled
[F]God is afoot
[C]God never died
Part 2
[C]God was ruler
[C]Though his funeral lengthened
[F]Though his mourners thickened
[F]Magic never fled
[F]Though his shrouds were hoisted
[F]The naked God did live
[Dm]Though his words were twisted
[Dm]The naked Magic thrived
[Dm]Though his death was published
[Dm]Round and round the world
[C]The heart did not believe
Part 3
[C]Many hurt men wondered
[C]Many struck men bled
[F]Magic never faltered
[Am]Magic always led
[F]Many stones were rolled
[Dm]But God would not lie down
[Bb]Many wild men lied
[Bbm]Many fat men listened
[Dm]Though they offered stones
[G7]Magic still was fed
[C]Though they locked their coffers
[C]God was always served
Part 4
[F]Magic is afoot
[F]God rules
[F]Alive is afoot
[F]Alive is in command
[F]Many weak men hungered
[F]Many strong men thrived
[C]Though they boasted solitude
[C]God was at their side
[F]Nor the dreamer in his cell
[F]Nor the captain on the hill
[F]Magic is alive
[F]Though his death was pardoned
[F]Round and round the world
[C]The heart would not believe
[Am]Though laws were carved in marble
[Am]They could not shelter men
[Dm]Though altars built in parliaments
[Dm]They could not order men
[Bb]Police arrested Magic
[Bbm]And Magic went with them
[C]For Magic loves the [F]hungry
Part 5
[Dm]But Magic would not tarry
[Dm]It moves from arm to arm
[Bb]It would not stay with them
[G7]Magic is afoot
[G7]It cannot come to harm
[G7]It rests in an empty palm
[G7]It spawns in an empty mind
[G7]But Magic is no instrument
[C]Magic is the end
Part 6
[C]Many men drove Magic
[C]But Magic stayed behind
[Am]Many strong men lied
[Am]They only passed through Magic
[Am]And out the other side
[Dm]Many weak men lied
[Dm]They came to God in secret
[Dm]And though they left him nourished
[Dm]They would not tell who healed
[Bb]Though mountains danced before them
[Bb]They said that God was dead
[G]Though his shrouds were hoisted
[G7]The naked God did live
Part 7
[Dm]This I mean to whisper to my mind
[Dm]This I mean to laugh within my mind
[Dm]This I mean my mind to serve 'til
[Dm]Service is but Magic
[Dm]Moving through the world
[Dm]And mind itself is Magic
[Dm]Coursing through the flesh
[Dm]And flesh itself is Magic
[Dm]Dancing on a clock
[Dm]And time itself the magic length of [C][Am]God
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