LET THE MYSTERY BE
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       D      G      A      D
       Everybody is w      onderin' what and w      here they all came f      rom
       G      A
Everybody is w      orryin' 'bout where they're gonna       go
       D
When the whole thing's d      one
       G      D      G
But no one knows for c      ertain, and so it's a      ll the same to       me
       D      A      D
       I think I'll just        let the mystery        be.

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1.  Some say once gone you're g      one forever
       A      D
     And s      ome say say you're gonna come b      ack
       D      G
 Some s      ay you rest in the a      rms of the Saviour
       A      D
 If in s      inful ways you l      ack
       D      G
 Some s      ay that they're comin' b      ack in a garden
       D      G
 Bunch of c      arrots and little sweet p      eas
       D      A      D
        I think I'll just        let the mystery        be.

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       D      G
2. Some s      ay they're goin' to a p      lace called Glory
       A      D
 And I a      in't sayin' it ain't a f      act
       D      G
 But I've h      eard that I'm on the r      oad to purgatory
       A      D
 And I d      on't like the sound of t      hat
       D      G      D      G
        I believe in l      ove and I live my l      ife according      ly
       D      A      D
        But I choose        to let the mystery        be.

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