Mystery chords by Indigo Girls

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 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.]

Dmaj9    G    D  -   Dsus4   D   -   Dsus9    Dmaj9    G    D - Gm   D
[intro]      (Handed down or made by hand)

Dmaj9                         G
Each ..
              D     -      Dsus4     D
I ..
            Em7                      G  -  A7sus4
Yours ..
                D      -      Gm     D
No m..

       Dmaj9                      G
Oh ..
                     D     -      Dsus4     D
Moved ..
                      Em7                      D/F#
Now ..
                 G                        A7sus4      A7
My ..

           G                       A
I ..
                   D   -    D/C#       Gmaj7/B
When ..
               G                 A
And ..
               D     -    D/C#       D7/C
And ..
           G                      A
Why ..
          G  -  A      D - Dsus4   D
May ..

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

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

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

                     C9
Oh, ..
   C9                 D   -   Dsus4      D
It ..
                  C9                   C9
And ..
              Em7                             D7/C
Just ..
                G                         Gm
There ..
      D  -   D/C#     Gmaj7/B
I ..
                   Em7                D/F#
But ..
              G             A7sus4    A7
Not ..


        Dmaj9                               G
Oh, ..
                      D   -    Dsus4     D
Breaks ..
               Em7                  G  -  A7sus4
Basking ..
               D    -     Gm     D
She's ..

                 Dmaj9                  G
And ..
          D  -  Dsus4    D
Of ..
             Em7
Standing ..
      G      -      A        D  -  Dsus4     D
Equal ..
                   Em7
We're ..
      G      -      A       D  -  Dsus4    D  -  Dsus4    D  -  Gm    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:

 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