Biography:
Bob Dorough (December 12, 1923 – April 23, 2018) was an American bebop and cool jazz pianist, singer, composer, songwriter, arranger and producer.
He is perhaps best known as composer and performer of songs from Schoolhouse Rock!, a series of TV cartoons that appeared on Saturday mornings in the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s. He worked with Miles Davis and Blossom Dearie, and his adventurous style influenced Mose Allison.
Dorough was born in Cherry Hill, Arkansas, and grew up in Texas.
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Three is a Magic Number
By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973
This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.
Capo 2 for original TV version.
Intro: D G A
--First Verse Single Strum Chords--
|D G |D G
Three, is a magic number,
|D G |D G|
Yes it is, it's a magic number.
|D G |D G
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
|D G |D G|
You get three as a magic number.
--Strumming--
|D G |
The past and the present and the future.
|D G |
Faith and Hope and Charity,
|D G
The heart and the brain and the body
|D G |D G |
Give you three, as a magic number.
|D G
It takes three legs to make a tri-pod
|D G |
Or to make a table stand.
|D G |
It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle
|D G |
Called a tricycle.
|D G |
Every triangle has three corners,
|D G
Every triangle has three sides,
|D G
No more, no less.
|D G
You don't have to guess.
|D G
When it's three you can see
|D G|
It's a magic number.
|D G D G|
A man and a woman had a little baby,
|D G
Yes, they did.
|D G |D G
They had three in the family,
|D G|D G|
And that's a magic number.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) multiply backwards from three times ten
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A
And three times one is three of course.
| |
(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) now multiply from ten backwards
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A |
And three times one (what is it?)
|D G |D G |D G|
THREE! Yeah!, That’s a magic number
|D G |D G
A man and a woman had a little baby.
|D G
Yes, they did,
|D G |D G
There were three in the family.
|D --Hold last chord--
That's a magic number.
By Bob Dorough - School House Rock 1973
This is a very easy song. Check out the original on Youtube.
Capo 2 for original TV version.
Intro: D G A
--First Verse Single Strum Chords--
|D G |D G
Three, is a magic number,
|D G |D G|
Yes it is, it's a magic number.
|D G |D G
Somewhere in the ancient, mystic trinity
|D G |D G|
You get three as a magic number.
--Strumming--
|D G |
The past and the present and the future.
|D G |
Faith and Hope and Charity,
|D G
The heart and the brain and the body
|D G |D G |
Give you three, as a magic number.
|D G
It takes three legs to make a tri-pod
|D G |
Or to make a table stand.
|D G |
It takes three wheels to make a ve-hicle
|D G |
Called a tricycle.
|D G |
Every triangle has three corners,
|D G
Every triangle has three sides,
|D G
No more, no less.
|D G
You don't have to guess.
|D G
When it's three you can see
|D G|
It's a magic number.
|D G D G|
A man and a woman had a little baby,
|D G
Yes, they did.
|D G |D G
They had three in the family,
|D G|D G|
And that's a magic number.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) multiply backwards from three times ten
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A
And three times one is three of course.
| |
(Spoken) Now take the pattern once more
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |D G |D G |D G|
3-6-9, 12-15-18, 21-24-27, 30.
|D G |
(Spoken) now multiply from ten backwards
|D G |D G |
Three time ten is 30, three times nine is 27,
|D G |D G |
Three times eight is 24, three times seven is 21,
|D G |D G |
Three times six is 18, three times five is 15,
|D G
Three times four is 12,
|Bm A |G
And three times three is 9, and three times two is 6,
E |A |
And three times one (what is it?)
|D G |D G |D G|
THREE! Yeah!, That’s a magic number
|D G |D G
A man and a woman had a little baby.
|D G
Yes, they did,
|D G |D G
There were three in the family.
|D --Hold last chord--
That's a magic number.
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