Building A Mystery Chords
Building A Mystery by Sarah McLachlan is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Bm. It uses the chords Asus4, A, Bm, G, D, Dsus4 and E. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro:
Asus4-A-open
Bm G D A-Asus4-A
Bm G D-Dsus4-D A-Asus4-A
Bm G
You come out at night
D A-Asus4-A
That's when the energy comes
Bm G
And the dark sides light
D A-Asus4-A
And the vampires roam
Bm G
You strut your rasta wear
D A-Asus4-A
And your suicide poem
Bm G D
And a cross from a faith that died
A-Asus4-A E - -
Before Jesus came
G A-Asus4-A Bm-- G - D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
You're building a mystery
Bm G
You live in a church
D A-Asus4-A
Where you sleep with voodoo dolls
Bm G
And you won't give up the search
D A-Asus4-A
For the ghost in the halls
Bm G
You wear sandals in the snow
D A-Asus4-A
When a smile won't wash away
Bm G
Can you look out the window
D A-Asus4-A
Without your shadow getting in the way
E
You're so beautiful
G
With an edge and a charm, and
E G A-Asus4-A
So careful when - I'm - in your arms
Bm G
Cause you're working
D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Holding on, and holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you're working
D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
And choosing so carefully
Asus4-A Asus4-A A-Asus4-A
Bm G
You woke up screaming aloud
D A-Asus4-A
A prayer from your secret god
Bm G
You feed off our fears
D A-Asus4-A
And hold back your tears, oh
Bm G
You give us a tantrum
D A-Asus4-A
And a know it all grin
Bm G
Just when we need one
D A-Asus4-A
When the evening's thin
E
You're a beautiful
G
a beautiful F--ked up man
E
You're setting up your
G A-Asus4-A
razor wire shrine
Bm G
Cause you're working
D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Holding on, and holding it in
Bm G
Yeah, you're working
D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
Building a mystery
Bm G D-Dsus4-D-A-Asus4-A
And choosing so carefully
Guitar Solo:(jam the bass chords but don't leave out others)
G(2count) A(2count)