Highwomen chords by The Highwomen

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Half-Step Down (Eb MajorEb AbAb DbDb GbGb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb)

Key: A minorAm

Difficulty: Novice

Verse 1: Brandi Carlile:
G# minorG#m    F#F#
I was a Highwoman
   E MajorE       G# minorG#m
And a mother from my youth
F#F#           E MajorE      F#F#
For my children I did what I had to do
  C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m       F#F#      E MajorE
My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas
  C# minorC#m    G# minorG#m        F#F#      E MajorE
We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico
G# minorG#m   F#F#       E MajorE    F#F#  BB
 Every one of them except for me survived
  E MajorE      F#F#
And I am still alive

Verse 2: Amanda Shires:
G# minorG#m    F#F#
 I was a healer
   E MajorE      G# minorG#m
I was gifted as a girl
F#F#    E MajorE       F#F#
 I laid hands upon the world
C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m   F#F#      E MajorE
Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun
       C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m       F#F#       E MajorE
I heard "witchcraft" in the whispers and I knew my time had come
G# minorG#m       F#F#      E MajorE   F#F#   BB
  The bastards hung me at the Salem gallows hill
  E MajorE      F#F#
But I am living still


Verse 3: Yola:
G# minorG#m    F#F#
 I was a freedom rider
     E MajorE         G# minorG#m
When we thought the South had won
F#F#       E MajorE     F#F#
Virginia in the spring of '61
 C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m         F#F#      E MajorE
I sat down on the Greyhound that was bound for Mississippi
C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m        F#F#        E MajorE
 My mother asked me if that ride was worth my life
G# minorG#m       F#F#       E MajorE   F#F#    BB
  And when the shots rang out I never heard the sound
  E MajorE      F#F#
But I am still around

Chorus:
 F#F#           BB
And I'll take that ride again
   F#F#
And again
   G# minorG#m
And again
  F#F#
And again
  E MajorE
And again


Verse 4: Natalie Hemby:
G# minorG#m      F#F#
   I was a preacher
     E MajorE         G# minorG#m
My heart broke for all the world
   F#F#       E MajorE       F#F#
But teaching was unrighteous for a girl
    C# minorC#m     G# minorG#m      F#F#     E MajorE
In the summer I was baptized in the mighty Colorado
    C# minorC#m        G# minorG#m     F#F#       E MajorE
In the winter I heard the hounds and I knew I had been found
G# minorG#m      F#F#        E MajorE    F#F#   BB
  And in my Savior's name, I laid my weapons down
  E MajorE       F#F#
But I am still around


Verse 5: All:
G# minorG#m     F#F#
 We are The Highwomen
     E MajorE       G# minorG#m
Singing stories still untold
F#F#       E MajorE        F#F#
 We carry the sons you can only hold
C# minorC#m      G# minorG#m       F#F#     E MajorE
 We are the daughters of the silent generations
C# minorC#m       G# minorG#m      F#F#       E MajorE
 You sent our hearts to die alone in foreign nations
G# minorG#m    F#F#      E MajorE  F#F#    BB
It may return to us as tiny drops of rain
  E MajorE       F#F#
But we will still remain


Chorus:
F#F#          BB    F#F#    G# minorG#m
And we'll come back again and again and again
   F#F#    E MajorE
And again and again
F#F#          BB    F#F#    G# minorG#m
And we'll come back again and again and again
   F#F#    E MajorE
And again and again
F#F#          BB    F#F#    G# minorG#m
And we'll come back again and again and again
   F#F#    E MajorE
And again and again
F#F#          BB    F#F#    G# minorG#m
And we'll come back again and again and again
   F#F#    E MajorE
And again and again

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