Chords for First-ever LIVE Appearance by HighWomen, “Highwoman” Newport Folk Fest 7/26/19

_ _ _ _ _ [D#] Please welcome the honorary [G#m] Miss Yola. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ [G#] I was a high one.
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[G#m] _ _ _ [F#] For my children I [E] did what I had to [F#] do.
_ My family [G#m] left Honduras when they killed [F#] the Sandinistas.
[G#] _ Followed our coyote through the dust of Mexico.
_ [G#m] And [F#] every one of them [B] except for me [B] survived.
[E] But I am [F#] still alive. _ _
[D#] _ _ [D#m] _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] I was a healer.
_ _ [E] _ [G#m] I was a girl. _ _
[F#] _ [E] I laid hands [F#] upon the world. _ _
[C#m] Someone [G#m] saw me sleeping [F#] naked [E] in the sunset.
[C#m] I heard witchcraft [G#m] and the whispers.
[F#] And it blew my [E] mind. _
[G#m] The [F#] bastard told me [B] I was sailing Gallows Hill.
[E] But I am [F#] living still. _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [F#] I was a free to ride. _
[E] In the [G#m] South and the West.
_ _ [F#] It was January [E] in the spring of [F#] 61.
_ _ [C#m] I sat down [G#m] on the greyhound [F#] that was bound for [E] Mississippi.
_ [C#m] My [G#m] mother asked me if [F#] that ride was [E] worth my life.
[G#m] _
[F#] That's the shots right now.
[E] _ [B] That's how I [E] still [F#m] ride.
_ _ _ I'll take that [B] ride again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [B] and again.
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[B] _ _ [G#] _ _ I [F#] was a preacher.
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[F#] Teaching [E] was alright just [F#] for a girl. _
[C#m] In the summer I [G#m] was baptized [F#] in the mighty Colorado.
[E] _
[C#m] In the winter I [G#m] heard the howls and [F#] I knew I had [E] been through. _
[G#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _ _ [B] But [E] I am still [F#] around. _ _ _ _
[F#] _ _ [G#m] We are [F#m] the Highlanders. _ _
[E] _ [G#m] Let's go.
_ _ [F#] We carry [E] the sun chicken on [F#] we go.
_ _ _ [C#m] We are [E] the daughters of the silent generation.
[C#m] You send our [G#m] hearts to die [F#] alone in foreign [E] nations.
And they [B] return to us as [F#] tiny drops of rain.
But [E] we will still [F#] remain.
Sing it with us.
[B] And we'll come back again and [A#m] again [G#m] and again and again [E]
and again.
[B] And _ [C#m] _ _ _ [B] again and again [G#m] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [E] _
_ [B] _ _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _
[A#] and again [G#m] and [F#] again and again [E] and again.
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] We'll come [B] back again and again [F#] and again and again [E] and again. _
[B] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
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