{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1735563,"song":"Mistress","artist":"Caroline Herring","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11371629-mistress-chords-by-caroline-herring/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1735563?type=chord","rating":0.03605,"votes":0,"content":"Caroline Herring - Mistress\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWho was my mother, who was my father[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll I've known is a whip upon my back[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nMy skin is yellowed by much more than weakness[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd wise beyond the years of the blue and the black[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy arms were never strong enough to stir molasses[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy eyes watch riverboats as they go by[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSome call me mistress, but I wish that I was cargo[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nFloating down the Brazos in my chariot to the sky[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Rachel, won't you lie next to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight and every night to come[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd won't you calm all that's raging inside me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\n'Cause outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nMy people, they worked from can't see to can't see[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTraded in and out from the grassy shores[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThey say there's something about me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFlying like a bird, never known freedom before___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, I wear dresses of silks and threaded satins[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome gowns were only meant to bear a woman's breast[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nI'll stand down every white man in this county[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nBut Columbus you are dying and I'm no different from the rest[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Rachel, won't you lie next to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight and every night to come[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd won't you calm all that's raging inside me[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOutside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nINSTRUMENTAL: [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\n\r\n \r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI was born in the hills of Kentucky[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNever native to the auction block arrest[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHeaded Southbound as a captive in this country[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust like the cowboys drove their cattle through the West___[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWell, you can read all our names in the records[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] \r\nYou can deny all the days as they go down[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's a brick-laid pathway calling you to find us[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] ~ [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nUnderneath a golf course in an east Texas town[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\nCHORUS:\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOh Rachel, won't you lie next to me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Dm[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTonight and every night to come[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd won't you calm all that's raging inside me[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] \r\n'Cause outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch]\r\nSanta Ana won____[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSanta Ana won[/tab]","plain_text":"Caroline Herring - Mistress\n\n\n\nINTRO: G F C G F C G F C G F C \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCHORUS:\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINSTRUMENTAL: G F C Am G F C \n\n \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n \nCHORUS:","chords":["G","F","C","Am","Dm"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}