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Mistress, from The Church's great album Priest=Aura.
I'm not confident in all of these, but I think they are close.  Feel free to help me out.
Chords Used (Am and Dm are just standard open position):
x0        x0       xx      x0  0    x0  0    0  0 0   0 00 0
------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
||||1|   ||||1|   ||||11   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||   ||||||
------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
||23||   ||23|4   ||23||   ||12||   ||12|4   |12|||   |1||||
------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
|||||4   ||||||   ||||||   |||||4   ||||||   ||||3|   ||||3|
------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------   ------
       Am7        Am6     Fmaj7A7sus2      B7sus4  Em7(1)   Em7(2)
INTRO
  Am7    Am6     Fmaj7    Am(you can do  Alittle Am/Asus2/Am/ Asus2with this 4th one)
Am7  Am6  Fmaj7   Am
Am7  Am6  Fmaj7   Am
Am7  Am6  Fmaj7   Am
VERSE 1:
Am7You'rAm6e shiFmaj7vering aAmgain
Am7After Am6all Fmaj7that we'Amve been through, is that
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
All
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
You can do?
VERSE 2:
Am7I didAm6n't wFmaj7anna comAme here
Am7Now I Am6don'Fmaj7t wanna Amgo, is there 
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
Some trick involved in this?
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
As if you would tell me so
TRANSITION:  
(these are played arpeggiated...I'm not sure about the Em7 chords)
DmEverything is 
Em7(1)
Going wrong
DmAll my songs are
Em7(1)
Coming true
CHORUS:
     Em7(2)
And another thing
     Am
That halo you wear on your head
I haven't Dmseen one of those for years
Em7(2)
Where have you been?
               Am7In bed, you're dead
VERSE 3:
You're Am7vanisAm6hing Fmaj7again        Am-(the last Am7 above overlaps the 1st one here)
Am7After Am6everFmaj7ything wAme've said
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
It's all too much
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
For your poor little head
VERSE 4:
Am7I've Am6never Fmaj7ever beAmen here
Am7I'll Am6never Fmaj7ever leAmave
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
Is there some string attached to this?
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
Well, I can well believe
TRANSITION 2:
DmEverything is 
Em7(1)
Going wrong
DmAll my songs are
Em7(1)
Coming true
CHORUS 2:
     Em7(2)
And another thing
     Am
That halo you wear on your head
I haven't Dmseen one of those for years
Em7(2)
Where have you been?
               Am7In bed, you're dead
BREAK:
Repeat Intro
VERSE 5:
Am7You'rAm6e shiFmaj7vering aAmgain
Am7After Am6all Fmaj7that we'Amve been through, is that
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
All
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
You can do?
VERSE 6:
Am7I didAm6n't wFmaj7anna comAme here
Am7Now I Am6don'Fmaj7t wanna Amgo, is there 
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
Some trick involved in this?
A7sus2    B7sus4  Asus2*  B7sus4  
As if you would tell me so
TRANSITION 3:
DmEverything is 
Em7(1)
Going wrong
DmAll my songs are
Em7(1)
Coming true
CHORUS 3:
     Em7(2)
And another thing, yeah
     Am
That halo you wear on your head
I haven't Dmseen one of those for years
Em7(2)
Where have you been?
In bed, you're Am7dead

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Mistress

by The Church

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Am7

Am6

Fmaj7

B7sus4

Em7

Asus2

Mistress, from The Church's great album Priest=Aura.

I'm not confident in all of these, but I think they are close. Feel free to help me out.

Chords Used (Am and Dm are just standard open position):

x0 x0 xx x0 0 x0 0 0 0 0 0 00 0

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

||||1| ||||1| ||||11 |||||| |||||| |||||| ||||||

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

||23|| ||23|4 ||23|| ||12|| ||12|4 |12||| |1||||

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

|||||4 |||||| |||||| |||||4 |||||| ||||3| ||||3|

------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------ ------

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 B7sus4 Em7 Em7

A7sus2 (1) (2)

INTRO

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am A Am Asus2 Am Asus2

(you can do little /// with this 4th one)

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

VERSE 1:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

You're shivering again

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

After all that we've been through, is that

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

All

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

You can do?

VERSE 2:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

I didn't wanna come here

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

Now I don't wanna go, is there

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

Some trick involved in this?

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

As if you would tell me so

TRANSITION:

(these are played arpeggiated...I'm not sure about the Em7 chords)

Everything is

Em7

(1)

Going wrong

All my songs are

Em7

(1)

Coming true

CHORUS:

Em7

(2)

And another thing

That halo you wear on your head

I haven't seen one of those for years

Em7

(2)

Where have you been?

Am7In bed, you're dead

VERSE 3:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

You're vanishing again -(the last Am7 above overlaps the 1st one here)

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

After everything we've said

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

It's all too much

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

For your poor little head

VERSE 4:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

I've never ever been here

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

I'll never ever leave

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

Is there some string attached to this?

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

Well, I can well believe

TRANSITION 2:

Everything is

Em7

(1)

Going wrong

All my songs are

Em7

(1)

Coming true

CHORUS 2:

Em7

(2)

And another thing

That halo you wear on your head

I haven't seen one of those for years

Em7

(2)

Where have you been?

Am7In bed, you're dead

BREAK:

Repeat Intro

VERSE 5:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

You're shivering again

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

After all that we've been through, is that

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

All

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

You can do?

VERSE 6:

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

I didn't wanna come here

Am7 Am6 Fmaj7 Am

Now I don't wanna go, is there

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

Some trick involved in this?

B7sus4 Asus2 B7sus4

A7sus2 *

As if you would tell me so

TRANSITION 3:

Everything is

Em7

(1)

Going wrong

All my songs are

Em7

(1)

Coming true

CHORUS 3:

Em7

(2)

And another thing, yeah

That halo you wear on your head

I haven't seen one of those for years

Em7

(2)

Where have you been?

Am7

In bed, you're dead

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