MYSTERY (Emily Saliers) ----------------------- [The chords written down here are Amy's, more or less. She plays either a 12-string or high-strung guitar (which is basically a 12-string with the bigger strings removed). Some fingerings are at the end.] [Emily's guitar is tuned DADGAD, so most of her chords actually have A and D notes in them: G becomes G(9), A becomes A7sus4, Em becomes Em7(4), etc. Buy the _Swamp_Ophelia_ songbook if you want Emily's chord fingerings.] Each chord, or pair of chords joined by hyphens, is one 6/8 measure. iGtDo - Dsus4 D - Dsus9Dmaj9 (Handed down or made by hand) Dmaj9 G Each time you'd pull down the driveway D - Dsus4 D I wasn't sure when I would see you again Em7 G A7sus4 Yours was a twisted, blind-sided highway D - Gm D No matter which road you took then Dmaj9 G Oh you set up your place in my thoughts D - DsuD4 Moved in and made my thinking crowded Em7 D/F# Now we're out in the back with the barking dogs G A7sus4 A7 My heart the red sun, your heart the moon clouded G A I could go crazy on a night like tonight D - D/C# Gmaj7/B When summer's beginning to give up her fight G A And every thought's a possibility D - D/C# D7/C And voices are heard, but nothing is seen G A Why do you spend this time with me G - A Dsus4 May be an equal mystery So what is love then Is it dictated or chosen (handed down or made by hand) Does it sing like the hymns of a thousand years Or is it just pop emotion (handed down or made by hand) And if it ever was there, and it left Does it mean it was never true And to exist it must elude Is that why I think these things of you But I could go crazy on a night like tonight When summer's beginning to give up her fight And every thought's a possibility And voices are heard, but nothing is seen Why do you spend this time with me May be an equal mystery C9 Oh, but you like the taste of danger C9 D - DsuD4 It shines like sugar on your lips C9 C9 And you like to stand in the line of fire Em7 D7/C Just to show you can shoot straight from your hip G Gm There must be a thousand things you would die for D - D/C# Gmaj7/B I can hardly think of two Em7 D/F# But not everything is better spoken aloud G A7sus4 Not when I'm talking to you Dmaj9 G Oh, the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight D - Dsus4 Breaks a bottle to christen her Em7 A7sus4 Basking in the exploits of her thief D - Dm She's a very good listener Dmaj9 G And maybe that's all that we need is to meet in the middle D - Dsus4 Of impossibility Em7 Standing at opposite poles G - A Dsus4 Equal partners in a mystery Em7 We're standing at opposite poles G - A D - Dsus4 D - Dsus4 D - Gm D. Equal partners in a mystery AMY'S CHORDS: Dmaj9: x00220 G: 320033 Gm: xx0333 A7sus4: x02030 D/C#: x40232 Gmaj7/B: x20032 D7/C: x30232 C9: x32330 (actually x32333, but can _you_ play that?) (The rest should be pretty standard.) If you want to get that jangly 12-string kind of sound on an ordinary 6-string, put a capo at the 5th fret and transpose everything to the key of A. Then, try using these for some of your chord fingerings: Amaj9 D(9) A As2s4 A As2s4 x02100 x00230 x07650 - x07700 x07650 - x07700 intro Amaj9 D(9) A Dm(9) A x02100 x00230 x02220 - x03230 x02220 intro Later in the song, the only suggestions I have are 32320x for G9, and x02220 x02120 x00252 (A Amaj7 D(9)) instead of A A/G# Dmaj7/F#. - Adam Schneider, schneider@pobox.com