Chords for The Women I Come From (Live)

[Bb] _ _ [C] They _ _ _ [Bb] have faces [F] in photographs, [Gm] heads all [F] held high, [Bb] _ not [F] afraid to look life in [C] the eye. _
_ [Bb] They were women [F] with backbone, _ [Gm] _ _ [F] keepers of the flame, [Eb] with a spirit [Bb] even hard [C] times couldn't tame.
I _ _ know this same [Dm] blood is in me.
I [C] _ meet their gaze [Dm] one by [F] one, eyes [Bb] strong and clear.
_ [Gm]
I still [C] feel them here.
_ [F] These are where _ [Eb] I come _ [Bb]
from.
[F] I sustain _ _ them, [Ab] [Eb] I hold [C] their bones.
[Gm] I know what [F] I'm made of [Bb] and where I [F]
[Bb] belong.
[F] _ [Gm] These are [F] the women [Bb] I _ come from.
_ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] What did [F] life bring them?
[Gm] What pain did [F] they know?
[Am] [Bb] What stories [F] the pictures [C] didn't show. _
_ [Bb] They were lovers [F] of babies [Gm] and lovers _ [F] _
_ [Eb] with lessons [Bb] and laughter in [F] their _ [C] songs.
_ Did they dream better dreams [Dm] for their children _ [C] as they prayed silent prayers [Dm] in the night?
[C] _
_ [F] [Bb] Make their way [Gm] clear, always [F] be [C] there. _
_ _ [F] These are _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [F] _ the women I came from.
[Ab] _ [Eb] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] Now _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ I have my own child [Dm] beside me. _ _
We [C] gaze at them all one [Dm] by one.
[C] Her eyes [F] [Bb] strong and clear.
_ [Gm]
I draw [C] her _ near.
[F] These _ are the women _ _ [Eb] I come [Bb]
from.
[F] The pain that sustains them [Ab] is [Eb] in [C] your bones.
_ [Bb] I know what you're [F]
made of.
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
[Bb] _ [F] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ [Gm] It weren't always easy.
[F] We're loving and striving.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ [F] It's still going on.
[Gm] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ These are the women [F] [Bb] we pray.
Our hearts full of faith.
These are the women _ [F] you [Bb] _ love.
Sweet Godly women.
_ Yes we are. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _
_ These _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ are the women [Eb] we come [Cm]
[Bb] from.
_ [Gm] [F] The pain that _ sustains [Ab] them [Eb] is [Bb] bred in [C] your bones.
[Gm] You know what you're [F] made of.
[Bb] Where you [F] [Gm] belong.
[F] _ [Gm] These are [F] the women [Bb] I come from. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [N] _