Building A Mystery Chords

KeyBm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays995

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.

Transpose
Bm
Text
16
Speed
  			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)

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante