Iris DeMent

Let The Mistery Be

Iris DeMent


Tom: F#

F#      B             Db         F#
Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
F#     B                      Db                F#
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
 F#          B             F#          B
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
F#        Db                F#
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

 F#         B                   Db               F#
Some say once you're gone you're gone forever, and some say you're gonna come back.
  F#           B                Db          F#
Some say you rest in the arms of the Saviour if in sinful ways you lack.
 F#                B                 F#             B
Some say that they're comin' back in a garden, bunch of carrots and little sweet peas.
F#        Db                F#
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

F#      B             Db         F#
Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
F#     B                       DB               F#
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
 F#          B             F#          B
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
F#        Db                F#
I think I'll just let the mystery be.

Instrumental:
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( F#  B  F# B )
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F#         B                    Db                F#
Some say they're goin' to a place called Glory and I ain't saying it ain't a fact.
     F#            B                 Db          F#
But I've heard that I'm on the road to purgatory and I don't like the sound of that.
F#                  B        F#      B
Well, I believe in love and I live my life accordingly.
F#      Db               F#
But I choose to let the mystery be.

F#      B             Db         F#
Everybody's wonderin' what and where they all came from.
F#     B                       Db                F#
Everybody's worryin' 'bout where they're gonna go when the whole thing's done.
 F#          B             F#          B
But no one knows for certain and so it's all the same to me.
F#        Db                F#
I think I'll just let the mystery be.
F#        Db                F#
I think I'll just let the mystery be.