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.