Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
A minorAm 
C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
My mother’s child is a savage.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
In the faces of cats, In the fall of feathers,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
My mother’s child dances in darkness,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
she sings heathen songs by the light of the moon,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
And watches the stars, and renames the planets,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
My mother’s child is a savage.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
In the faces of cats, In the fall of feathers,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
my mother’s child curses too loud and too often.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
My mother’s child laughs too hard and too long,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
And howls at the moon and sleeps in ditches,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
And clumsily raises her voice in this song.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
I am my mother’s savage daughter,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
My mother’s child is a savage.
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones,
A minorAm C majorC G+G A minorAm
In the faces of cats, In the fall of feathers,
A minorAm E MajorE G+G A minorAm
In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones.
