Mystery Island Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays360

Mystery Island by Status Quo is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, D, A, B, B7 and F#m. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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E
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  			|E|  |D|  |A|  |A B| 

|E|  |D|  |A|  |A B| 



 E     D                      A    
Away, away from the madding crowd 
B           E   D                   A         
I sit and dream oh I'm singing out loud 
B                   E                  D 
under that coconut tree I'll close my eyes 
       A                     
drift away and think of you 
B                  E   
walking on in the sand 
           D                     B  B7 
I'll take your hand and lead you to 



E               D 
Mystery Island, Mystery Island 
A           B 
in the sun yeah 
E                D                    A  B 
Mystery Island, take me away from it all 
              E                 D 
you don't look back, you don't look back 
           A                       
you just leave your worries behind 
           F#m A            E  
you wanna stay   on Mystery Island 



|E|  |D|  |A|  |A B| 



Today I'm daytripping out to sea 
like the bird on the wing 
nothing's bothering me 
I wanna be flying high 
up to the clouds  
with my feet still on the ground 
I'll drift away I know I'm safe 
now that I've found my 



Mystery Island, Mystery Island 
in the sun yeah 
Mystery Island, take me away from it all 
you don't look back, you don't look back 
you just leave your worries behind 
you wanna stay on Mystery Island 



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(I've found my) 
Mystery Island, Mystery Island 
in the sun yeah 
Mystery Island, take me away from it all 
You don't look back, you don't look back 
you just leave your worries behind 
you wanna stay on Mystery Island 



:|E|  |D|  |A|  |A B|: 
    	

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