Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:51:48 -0400
From: Jussi Doherty
To: «‘[email protected]'»
Subject: CHORDS: «Building a Mystery» by Sarah McLachlan
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Song: Building A Mystery
Band: Sarah McLachlan
Album: Surfacing
Tabbed by: Mark Ferris
Sarah plays this song with a capo on the first fret.
The basic chords: finger pick and strum action.
Bm — X24432
G — 320033
D6 — X0023X
D — X00232
Dsus4 — X00233
A — X02220
Asus4 — X02230
Em — 022000
Gmaj6 — 32003X
Bsus — 022002
Gmaj7 — 300032
Bsus — 022002
Em1 — 022XX0
Em2 — 022X0X
Verse/Chorus:
Bm-G-D6-A-Asus4-A. Or Bm-G-D-Dsus4-D — A-Asus4-A.
Bridge:
Em-Bsus-Bsus-Em1-Em2-Gmaj6-Gma7-A.
Bm G
You come out at night
D6 A-Asus4-A
That’s when the energy comes
Bm G
And the dark sides light
D6 A-Asus4-A
And the vampires roam
Bm G
You strut your rasta wear
D6 A-Asus4-A
And your suicide poem
Bm G D6
And a cross from a faith that died
A-Asus4-A Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2
Before Jesus came
G A Bm — G — D-Dsus4-D A-Asus4-A
You’re building a mystery
Bm G
You live in a church
D6 A-Asus4-A
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
Bm G
And you won’t give up the search
D6 A-Asus4-A
For the ghost in the halls
Bm G
You wear sandals in the snow
D6 A-Asus4-A
When a smile won’t wash away
Bm G
Can you look out the window
D6 Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2 Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2
Without your shadow getting in the way
Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2
You’re so beautiful
Gmaj6-Gmaj7
With an edge and a charm, but
Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2 G A-Asus4-A
So Careful when I’m in your arms
Bm G
Cause you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
Holding on, and holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D A-Asus4-A
And choosing so carefully
Bm G
You woke up screaming aloud
D6 A-Asus4-A
A prayer from your secret god
Bm G
You feed off our fears
D6 A-Asus4-A
And hold back your tears, oh
Bm G
You give us a tantrum
D6 A-Asus4-A
And a know it all grin
Bm G
Just when we need one
D6 A-Asus4-A
When the evening’s thin
Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2
You’re a beautiful
Gmaj6-Gmaj7
a beautiful vigitive man
Em-Bsus-Em1-Em2
You’re setting up your
G A-Asus4-A
razor wire shrine
Bm G
Cause you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
Holding on, and holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
And choosing so carefully
(Lead). G // A// G// A// Em////
G// A// G// A// G// A// Em/// G// A//.
Bm G
Ouh, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
Holding on, holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
And choosing so carefully
Bm G
Yeah, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A
Holding on, holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you’re working
D6 A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D6 A-Asus4-A BM — G
And choosing so carefully
D6 A
You’re Building a mystery.
