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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.