Into The Mystic | Chords + Lyrics (capo 3)
Intro
||: C (Csus2) :|| x6
Verse 1
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
We were born before the wind. Also younger than the sun.
| G | G | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
‘Ere the bonnie boat was won, as we sailed into the mystic.
Verse 2
Hark now, hear the sailors cry. Smell the sea and feel the sky.
Let your soul and spirit fly into the mystic.
Bridge 1
| Em | F | C (Csus2) | C |
Yeah, when that fog horn blows, I will be coming home. Mm-hm.
| Em | F | G | G |
Yeah, when the fog horn blows, I wanna hear it, I don’t have to fear it.
Chorus 1
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul. Just like way back in the days of old.
| G | G | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
Then magnificently we will float, into the mystic.
Instrumental
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
| G | G | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
Bridge 2
When that fog horn blows, you know I will be coming home, ah.
And when that fog horn whistle blows, I gotta hear it, I don’t have to fear it.
Chorus 2
And I wanna rock your gypsy soul. Just like way back in the days of old.
And together we will float, into the mystic. Come on, girl.
Outro
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
| G | G | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
Too late to stop now.
| G | G | C |
Into The Mystic Chords: Learn the progressions
To get the chords right for Into The Mystic, you must place a capo on fret 3 and think in the key of C.
The strumming on the original recording is so great that even if we play on our own, we must base our part on this.
However, there’s this amazing bass line to consider as well which can be incorporated. To show you this, I need TAB, here’s a link to that part of the lesson: Into The Mystic – Guitar Lesson with TAB.
Apart from the C chord with the sus2 extension, we only go to a G in the verse and chorus (same chords). The bass line concept can easily be incorporated for the G as well (check the TAB).
The bridge is more adventurous as it climbs from III – IV – I, then when repeated ends on V, like this:
| Em (III) | F (IV) | C (I) (Csus2) | C |
| Em | F | G (V) | G |
Just like with the verse, how to play the bridge is best described using TAB. There are a couple of lovely licks that become easy once the capo is in place and you’ve got the TAB.
When you have the TAB down, a simple chord chart is all you need to remember how to play Into The Mystic’s chords. Here’s one I made for you.
Into The Mystic Chord Chart | PDF + iReal Pro
As complex as the TAB was with that incorporated bass line into the strumming, that’s how easy the chord chart is!
Should you want to download this chart, here’s a PDF: Into The Mystic Chord Chart PDF.
This chord chart was created using iReal Pro, here’s a link to that file: Into The Mystic iReal Pro.
Using this and the iRealPro app, you can change the key although if you do that, you won’t be able to play like the TAB showed. My top tip if you’re playing Into The Mystic on your own is to move the capo instead!
Into The Mystic is featured on Van Morrison’s best album!
Originally named Into The Misty, perhaps explains the lyric “When that foghorn blows” and all other sea references.
Van Morrison‘s Into The Mystic is off the legendary 1970 album Moondance, perhaps his best album.
Other classic tunes on this release include Crazy Love, And It Stoned Me, Caravan, and of course, the title track, Moondance.
As an integral part of the blue-eyed soul movement, Van the Man is an important figure in the musical exchange between the U.S. and the U.K. which shaped popular culture.
Rolling Stone Magazine placed it at 474 on their Best 500 Songs of All Time list.
Into The Mystic Chords | Related Pages
Into The Mystic | Guitar Lesson + TAB
In this lesson, you get a chord analysis and TAB for Into The Mystic‘s verse, incorporating the bass line and a bridge lick.
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
We were born before the wind. Also younger than the sun…
Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics
- (Sittin’ On) the Dock of the Bay chords by Otis Redding
- Crazy Love chords by Van Morrison
- Harvest Moon chords by Neil Young
- Moondance chords by Van Morrison
- Rewind chords by Paolo Nutini
Van Morrison tunes
Starting in his native Northern Ireland with the band Them, Van Morrison’s solo career began with one of the worst record deals in the history of the business.
His best-known tunes include Gloria, Brown Eyed Girl, Moondance, Crazy Love, Into The Mystic, and Have I Told You Lately.
Van Morrison on the web
About me | Dan Lundholm
This was a guitar lesson about Into The Mystic chords, by Dan Lundholm. Discover more about him and how you can learn guitar with Spytunes.
Most importantly, find out why you should learn guitar through playing tunes, not practising scales, and studying theory in isolation.
