Mistress Named Music
By Eric Church
Written By Eric Church & Casey Beathard
CD: Mr. Misunderstood (2015)
Tabbed By Larry Mofle
12/5/2015


Capo 1


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

Chorus:
                      E             A            E
With a guitar full of freedom and a head full of lines
     A                 E                 F#m       E
That nightlife full of demons has been a hell of a ride
        A     E                A       E
I got a crazy heart, but I was born to lose it
A            E            F#m            E
Married to a dream with a mistress named music


D
No hope and squarely solitary
D                                             E
Enough whiskey and Coke, boys, to get me in a bind
D                A                      E
Amps juiced, the whole damn block could hear me
                  D                                     A
Even that cop car rolling past by the time they hit the front door, I was out the back


Chorus

      E                  A        E 
Ba da da, nana na na, na na na na nah
        E         B     E
Nana na na, na na na na nah

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


Solo


Chorus

          A            E            F#m            E
Yeah, I'm married to a dream with a mistress named music