Artist: John Martyn
Song: Sweet little mystery
Tabbed by: DJ
8th April 2014

John Martyn played this on electric guitar
in open tuning - CFCCGD

Here is a much simpler version for acoustic guitar
which you can play in standard tuning,
or,if you want to play along with the recording,
then tune all strings down a half step...

TUNING: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Sounds in the key of Ab)

A     =  577655  or  x02220
F#m11 =  244200  or  x44200
D     =  xx0232
E     =  022100
Bm9   =  x20222

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  A    F#m11      D     E         A    F#m11      E
| /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /__/  /  / | /  /  /  / |


           A               F#m11         D         E
Just that... sweet little mystery that breaks my heart,
           A               F#m11            E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
           A               F#m11         D         E
Oy, that...  sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
           A               F#m11            E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!


A                              F#m11
    Friends all tell me that I look so sad,
D                                  E
    And they don't need to ask me why------,
A                               F#m11
    They know the reason that I feel so bad,
D                             E
    Since the night you said...  good - bye!


Bm9
       It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
       It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
       It's not the crying in the dead of the night,
     F#m11                   E
That keeps me hanging on, waiting for the end!


           A               F#m11         D         E
Just that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
           A               F#m11            E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
           A               F#m11         D         E
Oo, that...  sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
                A                F#m11            E
It's just that...  sweet little mystery makes me try!


A                                   F#m11
    I watch the street, I watch the radio,
D                         E
    I don't need to turn... it on------,
A                                F#m11
    Another friend comes by, and tries to say hello,
D                         E
    Another weekend's al----most gone!


Bm9
       It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
       It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
       It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
     F#m11                        E
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!


           A               F#m11         D         E
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
           A               F#m11            E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
           A               F#m11         D         E
Oo, that...  sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
                A                F#m11            E
It's just that...  sweet little mystery makes me try!

A
    The time is flying fast,
   F#m11          D                          E
And I don't care...  to spend another night... alone,
A                            F#m11
    I want to see you, but I don't know where,
D                            E
    Till then I'm walking on--- my own!


Bm9
       It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
       It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
       It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
     F#m11                        E
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!


           A               F#m11         D         E
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
                A               F#m11            E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
           A               F#m11         D         E
Oh, that...  sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
                A                F#m11            E
It's just that...  sweet little mystery makes me... try!


      A               F#m11         D         E
That... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
                A               F#m11           E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... cry,
           A               F#m11         D         E
Oo, that...  sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
               A                F#m11            E
It's just that...  sweet little mystery makes me... try!


||: Bm9
          Sweet mystery, sweet---mystery,
    F#m11
          Sweet mystery, sweet mystery, sweet mystery! :||[Repeat]

F#m11
       Sweet... my ---stery!