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Building a Mystery

Sarah McLachlan

Capo 7

Riff I

Em Cmaj7 G Riff II

Em Cmaj7

You come out at night

G Dsus4
that's when the energy comes

Em Cmaj7
and the dark side's light

G Riff II
and the vampires roam

Em Cmaj7
you strut your Rasta wear

G Dsus4
and your suicide poem

Em Cmaj7
and a cross from a faith

G Dsus4
that died before Jesus came

Asus2 Cmaj7 Dsus4 D Dsus2
you’re building a mystery

Em Cmaj7 G Riff II

Em Cmaj7
You live in a church

G Dsus4
where you sleep with voodoo dolls

Em Cmaj7
and you won’t give up the search

G Riff II
for the ghosts in the halls

Em Cmaj7
you wear sandals in the snow

G Dsus4
and a smile that won’t wash away

Em Cmaj7
can you look out the window

G Riff II
without your shadow getting in the way

Asus4
you’re so beautiful

Cmaj7
with an edge and a charm

Asus2
but so careful

Cmaj7 Dsus4 D Dsus2
when I’m in your arms

CHORUS:

Em Cmaj7
’Cause you’re working

G Dsus4 D Dsus2
building a mystery

Em Cmaj7
holding on

G Dsus4 D Dsus2

and holding it in

Em Cmaj7
yeah you’re working

G Dsus4 D Dsus2
building a mystery

Em Cmaj7
and choosing

G Asus2 (x4)

so carefully

Em Cmaj7
You woke up screaming aloud

G Dsus4
a prayer from your secret god

Em Cmaj7
you feed off our fears

G Dsus4
and hold back your tears oh

Em Cmaj7
Give us a tantrum

G Riff II
and a know it all grin

Em Cmaj7
just when we need one

G Dsus4
when the evening's thin

Asus2
Oh you're a beautiful

Cmaj7
a beautiful fucked up man

Asus2
you're setting up your

Cmaj7 Dsus4 D Dsus2
razor wire shrine

Chorus x2

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.