Savage Daughter chords by Sarah Hester Ross

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Chorus:
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC         G+G     FF
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC      G+G      FF     DmDm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice

Verse 1:
A minorAm  G+G    FF      A minorAm
My mother’s child is a savage
A minorAm        C majorC      G+G      DmDm
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
A minorAm   G+G          DmDm      FF
In the faces of cats, in the falling of feathers
A minorAm     C majorC         G+G       FF
In the dancing of fire, in the curve of old bones

Chorus:
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC         G+G     FF
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC      G+G      FF     DmDm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice

Verse 2:
A minorAm   G+G     FF      A minorAm
My mother’s child dances in darkness
A minorAm        C majorC       G+G       DmDm
She sings heathen songs by the light of the moon
A minorAm     G+G        DmDm        FF
And watches the stars, and renames the planets
A minorAm     C majorC          G+G       FF
And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom

Chorus:
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC         G+G     FF
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
A minorAm   G+G    FF     DmDm
I am my mother’s savage daughter
 A minorAm    C majorC      G+G      FF     DmDm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice


Bridge:
A minorAm     G+G     FF       DmDm
We were all brought forth out of darkness
A minorAm     C majorC      G+G        DmDm
Into this world, through blood and through pain
A minorAm     G+G       DmDm        FF
And deep in our bones, the old songs are waking
A minorAm      C majorC       G+G       DmDm
So sing the with voices of thunder and rain

Chorus:
A minorAm     G+G      FF   DmDm
We are our mothers’ savage daughters
 A minorAm       C majorC      G+G      FF
The ones who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
A minorAm     G+G      FF   DmDm
We are our mothers’ savage daughters
A minorAm    C majorC        G+G     FF     DmDm
We will not cut my hair, we will not lower our voice
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