Highwomen chords by The Highwomen (Ver. 2)

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Intro:
Em


Verse 1:
        D
I was a Highwoman
      C                Em
And a mother from my youth
       D              C               D
For my children I did what I had to do
   Am             Em                    D            C
My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas
                    Em           D           G
We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico
Em        D            G
   Every one of them except for me survived
    C               D   G   Em
And I am still alive

Verse 2:
              D
I was a healer
      C           Em
I was gifted as a girl
D        C              Em
  I laid hands upon the world
Am             Em        D            C
Someone saw me sleeping, naked in the noon sun
         Am                 Em             D                C
I heard "witchcraft" in the whispers and I knew my time had come
Em              D              G
   The bastards hung me at the Salem gallows hill
    C           D
But I am living still


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


Bridge:
         G
And I'll take that ride again
    D         Em
And again And again
    D         C     G Am D G   Em
And again And again


Verse 4:
        D
I was a preacher
         C                 Em
My heart broke for all the world
    D              C               D
But teaching was unrighteous for a girl
       Am           Em              D          C
In the summer I was baptized in the mighty Colorado
       Am                 Em           D               C
In the winter I heard the hounds and I knew I had been found
Em           D                G
   And in my Savior's name, I laid my weapons down
    C           D     G  Em
But I am still around


Verse 5:
           D
We are The Highwomen
        C               Em
Singing stories still untold
D            C                 D
We carry the sons you can only hold
Am            Em               D          C
   We are the daughters of the silent generations
Am              Em             D               C
   You sent our hearts to die alone in foreign nations
Em          D             G
   It may return to us as tiny drops of rain
    C              D
But we will still remain


Outro:
    G                         D         Em
And we'll come back again and again and again
    D         C     G  Am
And again and again
    D               G         D         Em
And we'll come back again and again and again
    D         C     G  Am
And again and again
    D               G         D         Em
And we'll come back again and again and again
    D         C     G  Am
And again and again
    D               G         D         Em
And we'll come back again and again and again
    D         C     G  Am  G  Em
And again and again