Mistress Chords
Mistress by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, F, C, Am and Dm. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G F C G F C G F C G F C
G F C
Who was my mother, who was my father
G F C G
All I've known is a whip upon my back
F C
My skin is yellowed by much more than weakness
Am G F C G C
And wise beyond the years of the blue and the black
G F C
My arms were never strong enough to stir molasses
G F C G
My eyes watch riverboats as they go by
F C ~ Am
Some call me mistress, but I wish that I was cargo
G F C F C ~ Am
Floating down the Brazos in my chariot to the sky
F C
Oh Rachel, won't you lie next to me
Dm Am G C
Tonight and every night to come
G F C
And won't you calm all that's raging inside me
Am G F C G F C G F C
'Cause outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won
G F C
My people, they worked from can't see to can't see
G F C G
Traded in and out from the grassy shores
F C ~ Am
They say there's something about me
G F C G C
Flying like a bird, never known freedom before___
G F C
Well, I wear dresses of silks and threaded satins
G F C G
Some gowns were only meant to bear a woman's breast
F C
I'll stand down every white man in this county
Am G F C F C ~ Am
But Columbus you are dying and I'm no different from the rest
F C
Oh Rachel, won't you lie next to me
Dm Am G C
Tonight and every night to come
G F C
And won't you calm all that's raging inside me
Am G F C G F C G F C
Outside's just a battlefield that Santa Ana won
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