Half Breed chords by Shania Twain

• Capo on 3rd

Verse:
F     C       G
My father married a pure Cherokee
G      E7     Am
My mother's people were ashamed of me
F      C        G    E7
The Indians said that I was white by law
Am      Am7        F
The white man always called me "Indian squaw"

Chorus:
Am         Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am        Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am     Dm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
F        Am          Dm7    Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born

F    C         G
We never settled, went from town to town
G        E7        Am
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
F     C        G     E7
The other children always laughed at me
Am     Am7       F
"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"

Chorus:
Am         Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am        Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am     Dm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
F        Am          Dm7    Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born

Instrumental:
F  C  G  G  E7  Am F  C  G  G

F     C       G
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
G     E7         Am
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
F       C       G      E7
My life since then has been from man to man
Am       Am7    F
But I can't run away from what I am

Chorus:
Am         Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am        Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am     Dm
Half-breed, she's no good, they warned
F        Am          Dm7    Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born