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From: [email protected]
Date: Sun, 02 Nov 1997 09:51:57 -0800
Building A Mystery
Sarah McLachlan
Surfacing – (Live Launch CD Rom Acoustic Performance).
Tabbed By: Mark Ferris
From: Mark Ferris
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Sarah plays this song Tuned: 6th 5th 4th 3rd 2sd 1ft
WITH A CAPO ON THE (FIFTH FRET). F# B E A C# F#
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GUITAR TUNED: F#-B-E-A-C#-F# (CAPO 5TH Fret).
INTRO:
EM7 – EM9 – EM6
EM – CM7 – GM6 – EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
EM – CM7 – GM6 – EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
Em CM7
You come out at night
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
That’s when the energy comes
Em CM7
And the dark sides light
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And the vampires roam
Em CM7
You strut your rasta wear
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And your suicide poem
Em CM7 GM6
And a cross from a faith that died
GM6 CM7 Esus Esus
Before Jesus came
CM7 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
You’re building a mystery
EM – CM7 – GM6 – EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
Em CM7
You live in a church
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
Em CM7
And you won’t give up the search
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
For the ghost in the halls
Em CM7
You wear sandals in the snow
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
When a smile won’t wash away
Em CM7
And can you look out the window
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
Without your shadow getting in the way
Esus
You’re so beautiful
CM7
With an edge and a charm, but
Esus CM7 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
So Careful when I’m in your arms
Em CM7
Cause you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Holding on, holding it in
Em CM7
Yeah, you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And choosing so carefully
Em CM7
You woke up screaming aloud
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
A prayer from your secret god
Em CM7
You feed off our fears
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And hold back your tears, oh
Em CM7
You give us a tantrum
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And a know it all grin
Em CM7
Just when we need one
GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
When the evening’s thin
Esus
You’re a beautiful
CM7
A beautiful fucked-up man
Esus
You’re setting up your
CM7 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
razor, wire shrine
Em CM7
Cause you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Holding on, holding it in
Em CM7
Yeah, you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9 –
And choosing so carefully
(Lead).
CM7 – EM9/EM7/EM9 – GM6 – GM7 – Esus – Esus4
CM7 – EM9/EM7/EM9 – CM7 – EM9/EM7/EM9 –
CM7 – EM9/EM7/EM9
Esus
Ouh, you’re working
CM7 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery………………..
Em CM7 GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
……….. Holding it in
Em CM7
Yeah, you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And choosing so carefully
Em CM7
Oh Yeah, you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
Holding on, holding it in
Em CM7
Yeah, you’re working
GM6 EM9 -EM9/G -EM9/F# -EM9
Building a mystery
Em CM7 GM6 EM9/EM7/EM9/EM6
And choosing so carefully
GM6 CM CM6
You’re Building a mystery.
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Sarah plays this song with a (Capo on the Fifth fret).
The basic chords: finger pick and strum action.
EM7 – 055000
EM9 – 054000
EM6 – 050000
EM – 022000 EM – 022000
CM7 – X32000 CM7 – X32000
GM6 – 3200XX GM6 – 3200XX
EM9 – 054000 OR EM9 – 054000
EM7 – 055000 EM9/G – 054003
EM9 – 054000 EM9/F# – 054002
EM6 – 050000 EM9 – 054000
Esus – X02200 CM – 030000
CM7 – X32000 CM6 – 030200
Esus – X02200
CM7 – X32000
EM – 022000 PLEASE SEND ANY CORRECTIONS
CM7 – X32000 ENJOY PLAYING THIS SONG.
GM6 – 3200XX
EM9 – 054000
EM9/G – 054003
EM9/F# – 054002
EM9 – 054000
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