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Iris DeMent - Let the Mystery Be

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      LET THE MYSTERY BE
Iris DeMent


[Intro]

D       Dsus


[Chorus]

        D       G       A       D
        Everybody is w  onderin' what and w     here they all came f    rom
        G       A
Everybody is w  orryin' 'bout where they're gonna       go
        D
When the whole thing's d        one
        G       D       G
But no one knows for c  ertain, and so it's a   ll the same to  me
        D       A       D
        I think I'll just        let the mystery         be.


[Verse 1]

        G
    Some say once gone you're g one forever
        A       D
     And s      ome say say you're gonna come b ack
        D       G
 Some s ay you rest in the a    rms of the Saviour
        A       D
 If in s        inful ways you l        ack
        D       G
 Some s ay that they're comin' b        ack in a garden
        D       G
 Bunch of c     arrots and little sweet p       eas
        D       A       D
         I think I'll just       let the mystery         be.


[Chorus]

        D       G       A       D
        Everybody is w  onderin' what and w     here they all came f    rom
        G       A
Everybody is w  orryin' 'bout where they're gonna       go
        D
When the whole thing's d        one
        G       D       G
But no one knows for c  ertain, and so it's a   ll the same to  me
        D       A       D
        I think I'll just        let the mystery         be.


[Verse 2]

        D       G
   Some s       ay they're goin' to a p lace called Glory
        A       D
 And I a        in't sayin' it ain't a f        act
        D       G
 But I've h     eard that I'm on the r  oad to purgatory
        A       D
 And I d        on't like the sound of t        hat
        D       G       D       G
         I believe in l ove and I live my l     ife according   ly
        D       A       D
         But I choose    to let the mystery      be.


[Chorus]

        D       G       A       D
        Everybody is w  onderin' what and w     here they all came f    rom
        G       A
Everybody is w  orryin' 'bout where they're gonna       go
        D
When the whole thing's d        one
        G       D       G
But no one knows for c  ertain, and so it's a   ll the same to  me
        D       A       D
        I think I'll just        let the mystery         be.
    

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