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
| C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
Hark now, hear the sailors cry. Smell the sea and feel the sky.
| G | G | C (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
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
| Em | F | C (Csus2) | C |
When that fog horn blows, you know I will be coming home, ah.
| Em | F | G | G |
And when that fog horn whistle blows, I gotta hear it, I don’t have to fear it.
Chorus 2
| 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) |
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’s chords, progressions, and TAB
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.
Members study how Into The Mystic has some lovely sus2 chords that resolve to major. To get the chord shape right, you must place a capo on fret 3 and think in the key of C.
Exactly how to play Into The Mystic is best described using TAB, there are also a couple of lovely licks that become really easy once the capo is in place and you’ve got the TAB.
Here’s a link to the complete lesson (members only): Into The Mystic chord analysis and TAB.
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Van Morrison
Starting out 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.
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Van Morrison on the web
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