Mysterious ways    (video)    (midi)

 

    A    - G - A    - G - A     - G - A

 

    G - A    - G - A     - G - A    - G - A    - G

 

      A                                            D

1. Johnny take a walk with your sister, the moon,

                 A                   E

    let her pale light in to fill up your room.

                          A                             D

    You’ve been living underground, eating from a can,

                          A                                           E                 A

    you’ve been running away from what you don’t understand.

 

A                          - D

    She’s slippery,       you’re sliding down,

A                                          D

    she’ll be there when you hit the ground.

 

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways.

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways.

 

+  A      - G - A    - G - A -   G

 

      A                                           D 

2. Johnny take a dive with your sister in the rain,

                A                                      E

    let her talk about the things you can’t explain.

           A                            D

    To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal,

                 A                                        E                    A

    if you want to kiss the sky, better learn how to kneel !

 

    (On your knees boy !).

 

A                             - D

    She’s the wave,        she turns the tide,

A                                               - D

   she sees the man inside the       child.

 

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways,

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways.

 

   A                            D

+     It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,

C                      G

    lift my days, light up my nights !

 

+  E ~ ~    +  E - D - E - D (3x)

 

   Am                                  D                      C

+       One day you’ll look back and you’ll see

                                G                      Am

    where you were held now by this love.

                                 D                                  C

    While you could stand there, you could move on this moment,

     G

    follow this feeling.

 

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways,

A                           D                        - C                              G

    It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,      she moves in mysterious ways.

 

+  repeat CHORUS (with lyrics variations)

 

   A                            D

+     It’s alright, it’s alright, it’s alright,

C                      G                            - A

    lift my days, light up my nights.

 

 

(orig. = capo 1st)    (U 2)