Puff The Magic Dragon Chords & Guitar Lesson
Welcome to my Puff The Magic Dragon chord and guitar lesson by Peter Paul & Mary. This is a really great camp fire guitar song to play that’s a sure crowd pleaser.
The song is most open chords, but there is one barre chord to attend to. I will give you an ‘easy’ options below. We will be using a capo at the 2nd fret.
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Puff The Magic Dragon Guitar Chords:
Puff The Magic Dragon Strumming Patterns:
Strumming: with a hopped feel
1 2 + 3 + 4 +
DDU U DU
Fingerpicking:
This song can also be finger picked. I would pick in the same rhythm and timing as above. For example on a G chord, I would fingerpick as follows. This is not the exact pattern, but it will give you a great framwork to build off of.
Puff The Magic Dragon Guitar Lesson:
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Puff The Magic Dragon Chord Chart:
Capo on 2nd Fret
Intro:
G Bm C G
C |G Em| A D
G Bm C G
C |G Em| |A D| |G D|
Verse:
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| A D
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
G Bm C G
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
C |G Em| |A D | |G D|
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff. Oh!
Chorus:
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| A D
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| |A D| |G D|
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Verse:
G Bm C G
Together they would travel on a boat with billowed sail
C |G Em| A D
Jackie kept a lookout perched on Puff's gigantic tail
G Bm C G
Noble kings and princes would bow whene'er they came
C |G Em| |A D| |G D|
Pirate ships would lower their flags when Puff roared out his name. Oh!
Chorus:
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| A D
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| |A D| |G D|
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
Verse:
G Bm C G
A dragon lives forever, but not so little boys
C |G Em| A D
Painted wings and giant rings make way for other toys
G Bm C G
One gray night it happened, Jackie Paper came no more
C |G Em| |A7 D| |G D|
And Puff, that mighty dra gon, he ceased his fearless roar
Verse:
. G Bm C G
His head was bent in sorrow, green scales fell like rain
C |G Em| A D
Puff no longer went to play along the cherry lane
G Bm C G
Without his lifelong friend, Puff could not be brave
C |G Em| |A D| |G D|
So Puff, that mighty dra gon, sadly slipped into his cave. Oh!
Chorus:
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| A D
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
G Bm C G
Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
C |G Em| |A D| G (hold)
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honah Lee
This file is the author’s own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It’s intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
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