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Title: Building A Mystery (acoustic version)
Album: Surfacing
Artist: Sarah McLachlan
Tuning: Standard w/capo on 2nd fret
Author: Kevin Bilello   (kbilello@betasys.com)

you [Am]come out at night [F]
[C]that's when the [G]energy comes
and the [Am]dark side's [F]light
and the [C]vampires [G]roam
[Am]you strut your [F]rasta wear
and your [C]suicide [G]poem
and a [Am]cross from a [F]faith
that died [C]before [G]Jesus [D5]came
you're [F]building a [G]mystery

[Am]  [F]  [C]  [G]

you [Am]live in a church [F]
[C]where you sleep with [G]voodoo dolls
and you [Am]won't give up the [F]search
for the [C]ghosts in the [G]halls
[Am]you wear sandals [F]in the snow
and a [C]smile that won't [G]wash away
can you [Am]look out the [F]window
without your [C]shadow getting [G]in the way

[D5]oh you're so beautiful
[F]with an edge and a charm
[D5]but so careful
[F]when I'm [G]in your arms

CHORUS
[Am]'cause you're [F]working
[C]building a [G]mystery [Am]
[F]holding on and [C]hold[G]ing it in
[Am]yeah you're [F]working
[C]building a [G]mystery
[Am]and [F]choosing [C]so [G]carefully


you woke up [Am]screaming aloud [F]
a [C]prayer from your [G]secret god
you [Am]feed off our [F]fears
and [C]hold back your [G]tears

[Am]give us a tantrum [F]
and a [C]know it all [G]grin
[Am]just when we [F]need one
when the [C]evening's [G]thin

[D5]oh you're a beautiful
[F]a beautiful fucked up man
[D5]you're setting up your
[F]razor [G]wire shrine

CHORUS


SOLO:
         [F]             [G]             [C]           [F]  
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
B |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
G |---------------|--4-4h5p4------|--------------|--0-2--------|
D |---------------|----------5----|--0-2-3-------|-------------|
A |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|

    6x   [D5]           [F]             [G]       
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|
B |5------5-------|---------------|--------------|
G |-7--5-7-7-5-7--|---------------|--------------|
D |--------------7|---------------|--------------|
A |---------------|---------------|--------------|
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|

         [F]             [G]             [F]           [G]  
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
B |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
G |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
D |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
A |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|-------------|

         [D5]            [F]             [G]       
E |---------------|---------------|--8--7----5---|
B |---------------|---------------|--------------|
G |---------------|---------------|--------------|
D |---7--7--7--7--|--5--5--5------|--------------|
A |--0--0--0--0---|---------------|--------------|
E |---------------|---------------|--------------|


CHORUS x2

you're [C]building a [G]mystery



FILLS:

E |-----------|--8-7---5--|---------|-------------|
B |-----------|------8----|--1-0----|-------------|
G |--5-4---2--|-----------|------0--|-------------| 
D |------5----|-----------|---------|-------------|
A |-----------|-----------|---------|--2h3p2---0--|
E |-----------|-----------|---------|--------3----|


E |-----------|--8-7-5--|---------|
B |-----------|---------|---------|
G |-----------|---------|--5-4-2--|
D |--2-3-2-0--|---------|---------|
A |-----------|---------|---------|
E |-----------|---------|---------|



CHORDS:

Am X02210
C  332010
D5 XX023X
F  133211
G  320033