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.]
Dmaj9 - Dsus4 - Dmaj9 - [intro] (Handed down or made by hand)
Dmaj9 Each time you'd pull down the driveway - Dsus4 I wasn't sure when I would see you again - A7sus4 Yours was a twisted, blind-sided highway - No matter which road you took then
Dmaj9 Oh you set up your place in my thoughts - Dsus4 Moved in and made my thinking crowded
Now we're out in the back with the barking dogs A7sus4 My heart the red sun, your heart the moon clouded
I could go crazy on a night like tonight - When summer's beginning to give up her fight
And every thought's a possibility - D7/C And voices are heard, but nothing is seen
Why do you spend this time with me - - 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
Oh, but you like the taste of danger - Dsus4 It shines like sugar on your lips
And you like to stand in the line of fire D7/C Just to show you can shoot straight from your hip
There must be a thousand things you would die for - I can hardly think of two
But not everything is better spoken aloud A7sus4 Not when I'm talking to you
Dmaj9 Oh, the pirate gets the ship and the girl tonight - Dsus4 Breaks a bottle to christen her - A7sus4 Basking in the exploits of her thief - She's a very good listener
Dmaj9 And maybe that's all that we need is to meet in the middle - Dsus4 Of impossibility
Standing at opposite poles - - Dsus4 Equal partners in a mystery
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:
