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From: KeanJ@agresearch.cri.nz
Date: Mon, 29 May 1995 17:10 +1200 (NZST)
Lifes Mistress - Bruce Cockburn
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>From "High Winds, White Sky".
Transcribed and tabbed by John Kean (keanj@agresearch.cri.nz).
Capo 1st fret.
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She is pass- -ing in a warm breeze
By her mid- -dle hang the ke- - - ys
Queen of field and for- -est path- -way
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Bars of light that cross the floo- - r
Made to o- -pen an- -y doo- - -r
Un- -der- -stands the speech of sto- - -nes
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One smoke grey curled ti- -ny fea- -ther
E- -ven the one that lets in cold wind
She weaves peace a- -pon her loo- - -m
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Skips a- side
From out- side
Lifes Mis- -tress
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She lives in a house of col- -our
One great dog of gen- -tle man- -ner
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Guard- -ed by cats three in num- -ber And
In among the trees
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Si- -lence
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car- -ries
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No ap- -pre- -hen- -sion
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here
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3/4, . , . , . , . , . , . , . , . , .
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In the warm sun by the window sill I can just sit still and
2/4, . , . 3/4, . , . , . , . , . , .
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watch her go by
D.S. %
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