Mistress Named Music(Chords)

	        
 
 

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I still remember Miss Bessie singing 
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Black, wrinkled fingers on ivory keys 
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Just five years old, my church shoes a-dangling 
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Yeah, she's long gone and I'm still chasing this song 

      G        D                    G              D 
With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines 
      G                D                 Em         D 
That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride 
D              G               Cadd9        G 
I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it 
D             G            Em             D   
 Married to a dream with a mistress named music 
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No hope and squarely solitary 

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Enough whiskey and Coke, boys, to get me in a bind 
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Amps juiced, the whole damn block could hear me 
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Even that cop car rolling past 
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By the time they hit the front door 
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I was out the back 

      G        D                    G              D 
With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines 
      G                D                 Em         D 
That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride 
D              G               Cadd9        G 
I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it 
D             G            Em             D   
 Married to a dream with a mistress named music 

(na na na...............) 
D Cadd9 G D  D Cadd9 Em D 

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White calloused fingers on bronze and nylon 
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These same old boots are still tapping time 
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Not quite the buzz I used to tie on 
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But 'til I'm gone, I'll be chasing this song 

      G        D                    G              D 
With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines 
      G                D                 Em         D 
That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride 
D              G               Cadd9        G 
I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it 
D             G            Em             D   
 Married to a dream with a mistress named music
	        

Written by Casey Beathard/Eric Church