Highwomen The Highwomen

Highwomen

The Highwomen

Michelle

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Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: G#m
Capo:
Fret 4
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Verse 1]
Em            D
  I was a Highwoman
        C
And a mother from my youth
Em       D
  For my children,
      C
I did what I had to do
D   Am               Em                  D            C
 My family left Honduras when they killed the Sandinistas
   Am             Em                 D         C
We followed a coyote through the dust of Mexico
Em          D         C        G/B        G
  Every one of them except for me survived
    C               Dadd11
And I am still alive

[Verse 2]
Em           D
  I was a healer
         C            Em
I was gifted as a girl
D            C
 I laid hands upon the world
D Am             Em       D                C
  Someone saw me sleeping naked in the noon sun
        Am                      Em             D
I heard "witchcraft" in the whispers and I knew my time had
    C
come
Em                 D            C   G/B         G
  The bastards hung me at the Salem gallows hill
    C                Dadd11
But I am living still

[Verse 3]
Em            D
  I was a freedom rider
               C                 Em
When we thought the South had won
   D                  C            D
Virginia in the spring of sixty one
  Am                  Em                  D             C
I 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
  And when the shots rang out,
    C        G/B         G
I never heard   the sound
    C                Dadd11
But I am still around
                           G
And I'll take that ride again

[Chorus]
     D/F#       Em         D
And again, and again, and again,
     Cadd9 G/B
and again
Am D7 G

[Verse 4]
Em            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
In the summer,
         Em           D            C
I was baptized in the mighty Colorado
       Am
In the winter,
            Em               D                C
I heard the hounds and I knew I had been found
Em            D
  And in my Savior's name,
  C       G/B     G
I laid my weapons down
    C                Dadd11
But I am still around

[Verse 5]
Em               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 send our hearts  to die alone in foreign nations
Em               D         C    G/B          G
  And they return to us as tiny drops of rain
    C                   Dadd11
But we will still remain
                       G
And we'll come back again

[Chorus]
     D/F#       Em         D
And again, and again, and again,
     Cadd9 G/B
and again
Am D7                   G
   We'll come back again
     D/F#       Em         D
And again, and again, and again,
     Cadd9 G/B Am D7 Em
and again

Bars

[Verse 1]
| Em - D - | -  - C  - | Em -   - - | D  - C      - |
| D  - - - | Am - Em - | D  -   C - | Am - Em     - |
| D  - C - | Em - D  - | C  G/B G - | C  - Dadd11 - |
| -  - - - | -  -

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

[Verse 2]
                      Em - | D - -  - | C  - Em -   |
| - - D  - | C      - D  - | - - Am - | Em - D  -   |
| C - Am - | Em     - D  - | C - Em - | D  - C  G/B |
| G - C  - | Dadd11 - -  - |

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

[Verse 3]
                             | Em - D - | -  - C  - |
| Em -   - - | D  - C      - | D  - - - | Am - Em - |
| D  -   C - | Am - Em     - | D  - C - | Em - D  - |
| C  G/B G - | C  - Dadd11 - | -  - - - | -  - G  - |

I was a freedom rider
When we thought the South had won
Virginia in the spring of sixty one
I sat down on the Greyhound that was bound for Mississippi
My mother asked  me if that ride was worth my life
And when the shots rang out,
I never heard   the sound
But I am still around
And I'll take that ride again

[Chorus]
| D/F# Em | D Cadd9 | G/B Am | D7 G |
| -   

And again, and again, and again,
and again

[Verse 4]
           Em - | D - -  - | C  - Em -   | - - D  - |
| C      - D  - | - - Am - | Em - D  -   | C - Am - |
| Em     - D  - | C - Em - | D  - C  G/B | G - C  - |
| Dadd11 - -  - | - - -  - |

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

[Verse 5]
                             | Em - D - | -  - C  - |
| Em -   - - | D  - C      - | D  - - - | Am - Em - |
| D  -   C - | Am - Em     - | D  - C - | Em - D  - |
| C  G/B G - | C  - Dadd11 - | -  - - - | -  - G  - |

We are The Highwomen
Singing stories still untold
We carry the sons you can only hold
We are the daughters of the silent generations
You send our hearts  to die alone in foreign nations
And they return to us as tiny drops of rain
But we will still remain
And we'll come back again

[Chorus]
| D/F# Em | D Cadd9 | G/B Am | D7 G  |
| D/F# Em | D Cadd9 | G/B Am | D7 Em |

And again, and again, and again,
and again
We'll come back again
And again, and again, and again,
and again

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