Sweet Little Mystery Lyrics

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...
A = 577655 or x02220
F#m11 = 244200 or x44200
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Just that... sweet little mystery that breaks my heart,
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
Oy, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
Friends all tell me that I look so sad,
And they don't need to ask me why------,
They know the reason that I feel so bad,
Since the night you said... good - bye!
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
It's not the arms of some new friend,
It's not the crying in the dead of the night,
That keeps me hanging on, waiting for the end!
Just that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
I watch the street, I watch the radio,
I don't need to turn... it on------,
Another friend comes by, and tries to say hello,
Another weekend's al----most gone!
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
It's not the arms of some new friend,
It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
Just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me try!
The time is flying fast,
And I don't care... to spend another night... alone,
I want to see you, but I don't know where,
Till then I'm walking on--- my own!
It's not the letters that you just don't write,
It's not the arms of some new friend,
It's not the crying in the depth of the night,
That keeps me hanging on, just waiting for the end!
It's that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me cry,
Oh, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... try!
That... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... cry,
Oo, that... sweet little mystery that's in your heart,
It's just that... sweet little mystery makes me... try!
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Sweet mystery, sweet---mystery,
Sweet mystery, sweet mystery, sweet mystery! :||(Repeat)
Sweet... my ---stery!