Mistress Named Music Medley Boston

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I still remember Miss Bessie singing
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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               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

[Verse 2]

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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
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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               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

[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

[Verse] (Lodi)
G                       C              G
Just about a year ago, I set out on the road
                    Em           C                   D
Seekin' my fame and fortune, and looking for a pot of gold
G              Em                  C                 G
Things got bad, things got worse, I guess you know the tune
         D              C          G
Oh Lord, stuck in Lodi again

[Verse] (My Girl)
         C        F           C     F
I've got sunshine on a cloudy day
              C            F               C             F
And when it's cold outside, I've got the month of May

[Chorus]

C Dm    F   G
I guess you say,
C        Dm      F         G
What can make me feel this way?
C
My girl...
              F         G7
Talkin' 'bout my girl

[Verse] (Sunshine)
G                                               D
Sunshine go away today, I don't feel much like dancin'.
G                                                                C
Some man's gone, he's tried to run my life, I don't what he's askin'.

[Chorus]

C                G
How much does it cost? (I'll buy it)
    C                 G
The time is all we've lost (I'll try it)
C             G
He can't even run his own life,
        F                   D7
I'll be damned if he'll run mine, Sunshine.

[Verse] (Slip Sliding Away)
G                                Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             G                D           C             D        G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away
          Em                       G
I know a man, he came from my hometown
            C               D            C          C7
He wore his passion for his woman like a thorny crown
          G                Em
He said Dolores, I live in fear
            G          D              C          D           G
My love for you so overpowering, I'm afraid that I will disappear
              G                  Em
Slip sliding away, slip sliding away
             G                D           C             D        G
You know the nearer your destination, the more you slip sliding away

[Verse] (Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me)
G                                    F   C - Cadd4 - C
It's too late,   to save myself from falling
F                                         G       G7
I took a chance,  and changed your way of life
G                                   F    C - Cadd4 - C
But you misread,  my meaning when I met  you
F                            C            G        G7
Closed the door, and left me blind by the light   Ohhh

[Chorus]

C                          Cadd4
Don't let the sun go down on me
Am                                    D
Although I search myself, it's always someone else I see
 C                                 F    G          C      G7
I'd just allow a fragment of your life  to wander free   yea
    F   (Let ring)         F           Dm        G         C
But losing everything      is like the sun going down on   me

[Verse] (Sweet Caroline)
A              D
Where it began, I can't begin to know it
A                          E
But then I know it's going strong
A                 D
Was it the spring, and spring became a summer?
A                              E    E7
Who'd have believe you'd come along?
A     F#m
Hands,  touching hands
E             D                     E  E D E
Reaching out, touching me, touching you
A         D   D A D                          E    E D E
Sweet Caroline,   good times never seemed so good
A      D    D A D                     E
I'm inclined,   to believe they never would

[Verse] (Piano Man)
    C           G        Am
Now john at the bar is a friend of mine
   F                     D
He gets me my drinks for free
         C            G          Am
And he's quick with a joke or to light up your smoke
            F              G           C
But there's someplace that he'd rather be
          C       G               Am
He says, "bill, i believe this is killing me."
       F                       D
As the smile ran away from his face
          C           G          Am
"well i'm sure that i could be a movie star
   F           G           C
If i could get out of this place"

[Interlude]

Am    C                  D7   D7   Am
La da da     de de Da
   C            D7  D7          G  G7 G* G7*
da da     de de Da     da DA

[Chorus]

C         G             Am        C
Sing us a song you’re the piano man
F         C       D     G
Sing us a song tonight
            C          G          Am     C
Well we’re all in the mood for a melody
    F             G           C     C
and you’ve got us feeling all right

[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               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