Mystery chords by Indigo Girls

Chords with lyrics

MYSTERY (Emily Saliers)
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[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 augmentedA and
 D MajorD notes in them: G+G becomes G(9), A augmentedA becomes A7sus4, E minorEm 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.]

DMaj9Dmaj9  G+G  D MajorD -  Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD  -  Dsus9  DMaj9Dmaj9  G+G  D MajorD - G minorGm  D MajorD
[intro]   (Handed down or made by hand)

DMaj9Dmaj9             G+G
Each ..
       D MajorD   -   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
I ..
      E minor 7Em7           G+G - A7sus4A7sus4
Yours ..
        D MajorD   -   G minorGm   D MajorD
No m..

    DMaj9Dmaj9           G+G
Oh ..
           D MajorD   -   Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
Moved ..
           E minor 7Em7           D/F#D/F#
Now ..
         G+G            A7sus4A7sus4   A7A7
My ..

      G+G            A augmentedA
I ..
          D MajorD  -  D/C#    Gmaj7/B
When ..
        G+G         A augmentedA
And ..
        D MajorD   -  D/C#    D7/C
And ..
      G+G           A augmentedA
Why ..
     G+G - A augmentedA   D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD
May ..

So ..
Is ..
Does ..
Or ..

And ..
Does ..
And ..
Is ..

But ..
When ..
And ..
And ..
Why ..
May ..

           C9C9
Oh, ..
  C9C9         D MajorD  -  Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
It ..
         C9C9          C9C9
And ..
       E minor 7Em7               D7/C
Just ..
        G+G             G minorGm
There ..
   D MajorD -  D/C#   Gmaj7/B
I ..
          E minor 7Em7        D/F#D/F#
But ..
       G+G       A7sus4A7sus4  A7A7
Not ..

    DMaj9Dmaj9                G+G
Oh, ..
           D MajorD  -  Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
Breaks ..
        E minor 7Em7         G+G - A7sus4A7sus4
Basking ..
        D MajorD  -   G minorGm   D MajorD
She's ..

         DMaj9Dmaj9         G+G
And ..
     D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD
Of ..
       E minor 7Em7
Standing ..
   G+G   -   A augmentedA    D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4   D MajorD
Equal ..
          E minor 7Em7
We're ..
   G+G   -   A augmentedA    D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD - Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD - G minorGm  D.
Equal ..


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:

 AMaj9Amaj9   D(9)     A augmentedA   As2s4    A augmentedA   As2s4
x02100   x00230   x07650 - x07700   x07650 - x07700
[intro]
 AMaj9Amaj9   D(9)    A augmentedA    Dm(9)    A augmentedA
x02100   x00230   x02220 - x03230   x02220
[intro]

Later in the song, the only suggestions I have are 32320x for G9,
and x02220 x02120 x00252 (A augmentedA Amaj7Amaj7 D(9)) instead of A augmentedA A/G# Dmaj7/F#.



- Adam Schneider, [email protected]