Into The Mystic (Van Morrison) Guitar Lesson with TAB

In this guitar lesson, you get a chord analysis and TAB for the verse, incorporating the bass line and a bridge lick!

Into The Mystic | TAB

Into The Mystic has some lovely sus2 chords that resolve to major. To get the chord shape right, place a capo on fret 3 and think in the key of C.

You can strum this like you see below, the second bar shows how the bass line could be included as well.

The verse and chorus chords move from I – V using that sus2 extension over 8 bars, like this:

Here’s TAB for how the same concept (integrating the bass line) could be applied to the G chord as well. Both chords do hint of a 6 extension so I put that in as well.

The bridge chords start on chord III, and go up to IV, before resolving to chord I. Second time around, we go to V instead of chord I at the end, like this:

| Em (III) | F (IV) | C (I) (Csus2) | C (Csus2) |
| Em | F | G (V) | G |

There are a lovely couple of licks played in that bridge. With a capo, they look like this using TAB:

We can use the rhythm of this lick and the notes it suggests and create a strumming part, like this:

When you feel confident with all TAB examples, play along with the original recording.

Into The Mystic TAB | Related Pages

Into The Mystic | Chords + Lyrics

You can learn to play Into The Mystic by Van Morrison using chords, lyrics, chord analysis, a chord chart, and the original recording.

Five similar tunes | Chords + Lyrics

When you can play the TAB for Into The Mystic, try these five tunes from the songbook.

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

Dan Lundholm wrote this guitar lesson and TAB for Into The Mystic's chords.

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