Mistress Named Music Cma Medley chords by Eric Church

• Capo on 3rd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)



1) Mistress Named Music

Verse 1:
C
I still remember Miss Bessie singing
                    D
Black, wrinkled fingers on ivory keys
C                     D
Just five years old, my church shoes a-dangling
C                  G        C
Yeah, she's long gone and I'm still chasing this song

Chorus:
   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        C      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

Verse 2:
C
No hope and squarely solitary
                        D
Enough whiskey and Coke, boys, to get me in a bind
C                        D
Amps juiced, the whole damn block could hear me
             C
Even that cop car rolling past
             G
By the time they hit the front door
        D
I was out the back

Chorus:
   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        C      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 C   G D  C   Em D

Verse 3:
C
White calloused fingers on bronze and nylon
C                    D
These same old boots are still tapping time
C               D
Not quite the buzz I used to tie on
       C        G
But 'til I'm gone, I'll be chasing this song

N.C.
Spoken: Now let's chase some songs


2) Drink in My Hand

Verse 1:
G      Em       C    G
Early Monday morning, til Friday five
G         Em        C       G
Man I work, work, work but I don't climb, climb, climb
G              Em   C    G
Boss man can shove that overtime up his can
G       Em      C       G
All I want to do is put a drink in my hand

Chorus:
D          C     G
To fill it up, or throw it down
D                C     G
I got a 40 hour week worth of trouble to drown
G       Em         C    G
No need to complicate it, I'm a simple man
G       Em      C      G
All you got to do is put a drink in my hand

Verse 2:
     G      Em      C       G
Yea the parking lot is muddy, can't get to the door
      G       Em         C    G
I'll take my jacked up drop er' down in 4x4
G        Em    C      G
Chill down a long neck, one with the band
G        Em      C       G
All you got to do is put a drink in my hand

Chorus:
D          C    G
To fill it up, or throw it down
D                C    G
I'm about to tear a new one in this old town
G   EM   C   G
5,4,3,2,1 I'm a rocket man
G       Em      C      G
All you got to do is put a drink in my hand

G C  G  C


3) Mr. Misunderstood

Intro:
G  C    G  C

Verse 1:
G
Hey there, weird kid in your high-top shoes
C
Sitting in the back of the class; I was just like you
G
Always left out, never fit in
C
Owning that path you're walking in
G       C      G       C
Mr. Misunderstood,    Mr. Misunderstood

Verse 2:
G
Now, your buddies get their rocks off on Top 40 radio
C
But you love your daddy's vinyl, old-time rock and roll
G
Elvis Costello, Ray Wylie Hubbard,
C
and think Jeff Tweedy is one bad mother
G      C      G       C
Mr. Misunderstood,    Mr. Misunderstood

Chorus:
D
One day you'll lead the charge, you'll lead the band
C        G
Guitar Hero with lightning hands
D
And the girls will like your tattoos and the veins in your arms
C              G
They'll be helpless to your musical charms
G               C
And they'll all hold up their hands
G           C
And they'll all wanna dance
G          C      G      C
With Mr. Misunderstood,     Mr. Misunderstood

Verse 3:
G        C        G         C
First time I met Alabama Hannah, I was skinny as a rail
G           C           G            C
Red hair tied up in a blue bandanna; she was hotter than the devil's Hell
G          C         G          C
She turned me on to Back Porch Pickers, Jackson Pollock, and gin
G             C         G           C
Her daddy didn't trust my intentions, so he turned to his daddy's old .410
G         C       G       C
I'm Mr. Misunderstood,     Mr. Misunderstood

Chorus 2:
D
Had an ax to grind, so off I went
C            G
Mad at the sun for coming up again
D
I lost religion, found my soul in the blues
C            G
Rubbed the velvet off my blue suede shoes
G               C
Yeah, everybody held up their hands
G              C
And every soul in Nashville danced
G         C      G       C
With Mr. Misunderstood,     Mr. Misunderstood


4) Talladega

Intro:
F C Am G
F C Am G

Verse 1:
      F        C
It was the summer before the real world started and,
  Am     G
The deal was we would get to go, if we
F       C
Cleaned it up, and got it running,
 Am      G
Daddy's old Winnebago.

Verse 2:
 F         C
Wing and a prayer down 65,
 Am          G
Five best friends on four bald tires,
    F       C
I can still see Billy smiling
         G
When we finally made it.

Chorus:
    F     C
To Talladega, boys raised up,
 Am       G
Whiskey in your glass,
     F      C
here's to turning up, slowing down
  Am        G
and cars that go real fast,
     F          C
We were laughing and living, drinking and wishing,
   Am        G         F
And thinking as that checkered flag was waving,
          G
Sure would like to stay in,
    F C Am G
Talladega.


5) Desperate Man

Intro:
D
(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo)
C        G
(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo)
               D
(Poo poo poo-poo poo poo poo)

Verse 1:
D
I've seen the Joshua Tree
C       G
Got down on my knees
        D
Threw the Virgin Mother a prayer
D
I've walked glass barefooted
C
Strolled 'cross the devil's hot coal
G            D
I've tried everything, I swear

Chorus:
D           G
Oh but hey what can I say
C        D
I'm a desperate man
           G
I said hey, what can I say?
C      F5    D
I'm just a desperate man

D
(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo)
C        G
(Poo poo poo-poo-poo-poo-poo)
               D
(Poo poo poo-poo poo poo poo)


6) Some of It

Verse 1:
C
Beer don't keep
C
Love's not cheap
   F        C
And trucks don't wreck themselves
G
Mama ain't a shrink
G
Daddy ain't a bank
  Am        G
And God ain't wishin' well
C
Money ain't rich
C
Everybody sins
   F        C
And nobody wins in a fight
   Am    G      F
And sometimes wrong is right

Chorus:
C
Some of it you learn the hard way
G
Some of it you read on a page
Am
Some of it comes from heartbreak
F
Most of it comes with age
  C
And none of it ever comes easy
  G
A bunch of it you maybe can't use
 Am          G
I know I don't prob'ly know what think I do
F
But there's somethin' to
C
Some of it


7) Smoke a Little Smoke

Verse 1:
        A
Turn the quiet up, turn the noise down
       A
Let this ol' world just spin around
        A
I wanna feel it swing, wanna feel it sway
       E        D
And put some feel good in my soul
D           E          A
Drink a little drink, smoke a little smoke

Verse 2:
          A
Want a little more right, and a little less left
         A
Little more right now, a little less what's next
         A
Act like tomorrow's ten years away
       E            D
And just kick back and let the feelin' flow
D           E       A
Drink a little drink, smoke a little smoke

Bridge:
C#m         D
I set my sails for a new direction
            A
But the wind got in my way
C#m            D
I changed my course but my definition of change
        E
Just ain't the same

Verse 3:
        A
I'm gonna sit right here stay away from there
        A
I'm gonna make pretend I just don't care
        A
And I could get up. go get her back
       E      D
Or maybe I'll just let her go
D           E       D
Drink a little drink, smoke a little smoke
D                  A
Drink a little drink, smoke a little smoke
D
Drink a little drink, smoke a little smoke


8) Pledge Allegiace to the Hag

Verse 1:
 G             C    G
There's a little dive on a dead-end road
                D    G
Called the Cross-Eyed Cricket Waterin' Hole
                 C    G
Where you can hear the sound of a steel guitar
              D G
An' get loud an' rowdy with PBR
      D        C
But at the top of every hour, man, you can hear a pin drop
    D               C
As ol' Jack drops a quarter an' plays Merle on that jukebox, an' we stop

Chorus:
G
An' tip our hats
   D         C      G   D
An' raise our glasses of cold, cold beer
      G
They say country's fadin'
  D          C      G   D
But we still wavin' that flag around here
C               G          A
An' when it's time to go, you know you're welcome back
C            D         G
Where the people pledge allegiance to the Hag

8) Round Here Buzz

Verse 1:
C
Another Friday night
C
There's a line of cars leaving
C
Home team's got an out-of-towner
F
Me, I'm sitting on the hood of mine drinking
F                   C
I'm just a parking lot down-and-outer

Verse 2:
C
Under that high school bleacher
C
I drove that preacher's daughter crazy
F
Her mama was my homeroom teacher
F                   C
And her dad was hell bent on saving me

Bridge:
      G
Yeah, I'm sure there's higher highs
G
Where the high risers rise
  F
But me, I'm gonna sit right here tonight, and

Chorus:
      C
Catch me a 'round here buzz
         F
Cause you ain't 'round here none
         C
Keep putting 'em down here, 'nother round here
     F
'Til my down goes up
         C
Lit up like that one stoplight
         F          Am
Across from that welcome sign
         G          F
Ever since you caught that out there bug
        C
I catch me a 'round here buzz


9) Cold One

Verse 1:
       D                G          D
It was a perfect day for the end of May, they say a record high
       D                G          D
I stared at that green water when out of the blue out of surprise
       D                G          D
She had her feet up on the cooler as she put our love on ice
       D                  G     A   D
She grabbed a beer, said, "I'm out of here," and walked out of my life

Chorus:
      D      G         D
That was a cold one, I never will get back
     D                   G
Yeah she had to leave, did she have to leave me one beer short of a twelve pack?
D                    G          D
She left me hanging high and dry in that hell high summer sun
D     A           D
Damn babe, that was a cold one

10) Like a Wrecking Ball

Verse 1:
G      Em     C       D           G
I, I been gone I been gone too long singing my songs on the road.
    Em     C      D
Another town, one more show and I'm coming home
Em             C
Don't give a damn what these keys are for
Em          D
I'm gonna knock down that front door, and

Chorus:
C       D         G
Imma find out what that house is made of.
C       D             G
Been too many nights since its felt us make love.
C          D          Em    D      C
I wanna rock some Sheetrock, knock some pictures off the wall.
C      D            G Em F C
Love you baby, like a wrecking ball.


11) Homeboy

Intro:
A G D

Verse 1:
 A
You were too bad for a little square town,
     G          D
With your hip-hop hat and your pants on the ground,
     A
Heard you cussed out mama, pushed daddy around
      G        D
before you tore off in his car

Verse 2:
A
Here you are running these dirty old streets
  G           D
Tattoo on your neck, fake gold on your teeth
    A
Got the hood here snowed, but you cant fool me
  G         D
We both know who you are

Chorus:
A
Homeboy, youre gonna wish one day,
       G           D
That you were sittin on a gate of a truck by the lake
     A                    G      D
With your high school flame on one side, ice cold beer on the other
A                      G
Aint no shame in a blue collar forty, little house, little kid, little
D
small town story
    A                    G       D
If you dont ever do anything else for me, just do this for me brother,
    A
Come on home, boy.


12) Record Year

Verse 1:
D                 A
Since you turned the tables on me, I've been steady and learnin' lonely
Bm                G
Keepin' this turntable spinning', everything from Jones to Jennings
D              A
Slowly plannin' my survival, in a three-foot stack of vinyl
Bm                 G
Since you had to walk on outta here, I've been havin' a record year

Verse 2:
D                 A
I bet you thought before you left,I'd just sit in silence by myself
Bm             G
Turn this house into a jail, dyin' slow in a livin' hell
   D                    A
But, love's got a funny way of keepin' score, and your leavin' lit up my

scoreboard
Bm                   G
I usually make it through side A sober, all bets are off when I flip her over
  Em     F#m     G
One bourbon, one scotch, one beer, I'm havin' a record year

Chorus:
D         A        G       A
Quarter notes and Hank's half time, are poundin' on this heart of mine
D       A       G
Song to song, I pass my time, with these speakers on ten
D              A      G            A
Your good-and-gone keeps me up all night, along with Songs In The Key Of Life
D          A        G
I'm either gonna get over you, or I'm gonna blow out my ears
       Em         F#m        G
Yeah, you're out there now, doin' God knows how, and I'm stuck here
N.C.
Havin' a record year

13) Give Me Back My Hometown

Verse 1:
G
Damn I used to love this view, sit here and drink a few
Em                 C
Main street and the high school, lit up on Friday night
G
Down there it's another touchdown, Man this year’s team is stout
Em             C
I can hear em going crazy, and up here so am I

Pre-Chorus 1:
D                   C
Thinkin about you sittin there sayin I hate this, I hate it
D                     C     D
If you couldn’t stand livin here why’d you take it, take it?

Chorus:
G  D   Em C     G
Give me back my hometown
G       D   G
Cause this is my hometown

Verse 2:
G
All the colors of my youth, the red the green the hope the truth
Em                  C
Are beating me black and blue cause your in every scene.
G
My friends try to cheer me up, we get together at the Pizza Hut
Em                 C
I didn’t have the heart to tell em that was our place

Pre-Chorus 2:
D                  C
These sleepy streetlights on every sidewalk, side street
D          C     D
Shed a light on everything that used to be

Chorus:
G  D   Em C     G
Give me back my hometown
G       D   G
Cause this is my hometown

Em C Em C


14) Sinners Like Me

Intro:
C G D G
C G D G


Verse 1:
C   G
I was 15
    D      G
When my daddy's old man
     C    G        D
Caught me half way through my first beer
  C     G
He laughed so hard
   D       Em
when my face turned green
      C      G      D      G
he said you come from a long line of sinners like me

Verse 2:
  C    G       D    G
now me and my brother go to see him sometimes
   C      G      D
but he don't have much to say anymore
   C     G        D     Em
so we sit on his headstone with a fifth of Jack D
C      G      D      G
here's to a long line of sinners like me


15) Creepin'
D C G D
D C G D

Verse 1:
D
Like a honey bee beatin' on my screen door
D
I got a little buzz and my head is sore
D
From my bed I can feel the sun
D
Lord I hear the mornin' come
D
Just a creepin', creepin', creepin'

Verse 2:
D
You shot outta here like a bullet from a gun
D
A flick of the switch, a thief on the run
D
Since the day you left me baby
D
I can feel the lonely, I can feel the crazy
D
Just a creepin', creepin', creepin'

Chorus:
D            C
You head for the future, run from the past
G            D
Hide from the mirror and live in a glass
D          C
What dreams forget, the whiskey remembers
G           D
Kinda like molasses in late December
    D
Just a creepin', creepin', creepin'


16) Springsteen

Intro:
D G Bm A

Verse 1:
D
To this day when I hear that song,
 D
I see you standing there on that lawn,
G
Discount shades, store bought tan,
Bm       A
flip-flops and cut off jeans.
D
Somewhere between that setting sun,
D
I'm On Fire and Born To Run,
G
You looked at me and I was done,
      Bm      A
but we were just getting started.

D
I was singing to you, you were singing to me,
D
I was so alive, never been more free,
G                    Bm     A
Fired up my daddy's lighter and we sang oh-woah-oh-woah-ohh.

D
Stayed there till they forced us out,
D
We took the long way to your house,
  G
And I can still hear the sound,
    Bm      A
Of you saying don't go.

Chorus:
D
When I think about you,
A
I think about 17,
Bm
I think about my old Jeep,
G
I think about the stars in the sky.
Bm         A
Funny how a melody sounds like a memory,
D           G  D      Em Em
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night,
D     G    Bm     A
Springsteen.

Verse 2:
D
If I bumped in to you by happenstance,
D
You probably wouldn't even know who I am,
  G
But if I whispered your name,
        Bm     A
I bet there'd still be a spark.
D                    D
From back when I was gasoline and this old tattoo had brand new ink,
   G                         Bm     A
And we didn't care what your mom would think 'bout your name on my arm.
  D
Baby is it spring or is it summer,
 D
The guitar sound or the beat of the drummer,
  G                Bm  A
You hear sometimes late at night on your radio.
  D
Even though you're a million miles away,
  D
When you hear Born In The USA,
  G                Bm   A
Do you relive those Glory Days from so long ago?

Chorus:
D
When you think about me,
A
Do you think about 17,
Bm
Do you think about my old Jeep,
G
Think about the stars in the sky.
Bm         A
Funny how a melody sounds like a memory,
D           G  D      Em Em
Like a soundtrack to a July Saturday night,
D     G Bm     A
Springsteen, Springsteen.

Break:
D         D         G         Bm  A
Whoah-oh-oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, Woah-oh-oh-oh-oh, Ohh-ohh.

Ending:
D         A
Funny how a melody sounds like a memory
Bm           G    D   Em
Like a soundtrack to a CMA Fest Friday night
D G


17) Mistress Named Music Final Chorus:
   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        C      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