Sweet Little Mystery Chords & Lyrics by John Martyn
Sweet Little Mystery
guitar chords lyrics
Artist: John Martyn
Song: Sweet little mystery
Tabbed by: DJ
8th April 2014
John Martyn played this on electric guitar
in open tuning - CFCCGD
Here is a much simpler version for acoustic guitar
which you can play in standard tuning,
or,if you want to play along with the recording,
then tune all strings down a half step...
TUNING: Eb Ab Db Gb Bb Eb (Sounds in the key of Ab)
A = 577655 or x02220
F#m11 = 244200 or x44200
D = xx0232
E = 022100
Bm9 = x20222
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A F#m11 D E A F#m11 E
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A F#m11 D E
Just that... sweet little mystery that breaks my heart,
A F#m11 E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
A F#m11 D E
Oy, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
A F#m11
Friends all tell me that I look so sad,
D E
And they don't need to ask me why------,
A F#m11
They know the reason that I feel so bad,
D E
Since the night you said... good - bye!
Bm9
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
It's not the crying in the dead of the night,
F#m11 E
That keeps me hanging on, waiting for the end!
A F#m11 D E
Just that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
A F#m11 D E
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
A F#m11
I watch the street, I watch the radio,
D E
I don't need to turn... it on------,
A F#m11
Another friend comes by, and tries to say hello,
D E
Another weekend's al----most gone!
Bm9
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
F#m11 E
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!
A F#m11 D E
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
A F#m11 D E
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
A
The time is flying fast,
F#m11 D E
And I don't care... to spend another night... alone,
A F#m11
I want to see you, but I don't know where,
D E
Till then I'm walking on--- my own!
Bm9
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
F#m11
It's not the arms of some new friend,
Bm9
It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
F#m11 E
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!
A F#m11 D E
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
A F#m11 D E
Oh, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... try!
A F#m11 D E
That... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... cry,
A F#m11 D E
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
A F#m11 E
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... try!
||: Bm9
Sweet mystery, sweet---mystery,
F#m11
Sweet mystery, sweet mystery, sweet mystery! :||[Repeat]
F#m11
Sweet... my ---stery!
