Half Breed chords by Shania Twain

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Verse:
FF     C majorC       G+G
My father married a pure Cherokee
G+G      E7E7     A minorAm
My mother's people were ashamed of me
FF      C majorC        G+G    E7E7
The Indians said that I was white by law
A minorAm      Am7Am7        FF
The white man always called me "Indian squaw"

Chorus:
A minorAm         DmDm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
A minorAm        DmDm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
A minorAm     DmDm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
FF        A minorAm          Dm7Dm7    A minorAm
Both sides were against me since the day I was born

FF    C majorC         G+G
We never settled, went from town to town
G+G        E7E7        A minorAm
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
FF     C majorC        G+G     E7E7
The other children always laughed at me
A minorAm     Am7Am7       FF
"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"

Chorus:
A minorAm         DmDm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
A minorAm        DmDm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
A minorAm     DmDm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
FF        A minorAm          Dm7Dm7    A minorAm
Both sides were against me since the day I was born

Instrumental:
FF  C majorC  G+G  G+G  E7E7  A minorAm FF  C majorC  G+G  G+G

FF     C majorC       G+G
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
G+G     E7E7         A minorAm
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
FF       C majorC       G+G      E7E7
My life since then has been from man to man
A minorAm       Am7Am7    FF
But I can't run away from what I am

Chorus:
A minorAm         DmDm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
A minorAm        DmDm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
A minorAm     DmDm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
FF        A minorAm          Dm7Dm7    A minorAm
Both sides were against me since the day I was born