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From: mtferris@juno.com
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    Esus4  Esus4
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

Esus4
You're so beautiful
Cm7
With an edge and a charm, but
Esus4          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

Esus4
You're a beautiful
Cm7
A beautiful fucked-up man
Esus4
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 - Esus4 - Esus4
Cm7 - Em9/Em7/Em9 - Cm7 - Em9/Em7/Em9 -
Cm7 - Em9/Em7/Em9

Esus4
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

Esus4   - X02200        Cm     - 030000
Cm7    - X32000        Cm6    - 030200
Esus4   - 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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