MCLACHLAN SARAH - "Building A Mystery" Tablature

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Date: Tue, 21 Oct 1997 23:51:48 -0400
From: Jussi Doherty <dohert_j@cmr.fsu.edu>
To: "'guitar@olga.net'" <guitar@olga.net>
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 <mtferris@juno.com>

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.

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