Chords for The Highwomen - Highwomen (Sub Español + Lyrics)
Tempo:
96.75 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G#m
C#m
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I [C#] was a high woman and [E] a mother from my [G#m] youth
[G#] For my children I [E] did what I had [C#] to do
My [C#m] family left [G#m] Honduras when [F#m] they killed the [E] Sandinistas
[E] Mexico
[B] survived
[F#] [G#m] [F#] I was a healer, [B] I was gifted [G#m] as a girl
[F#] [E] laid hands [F#] upon the world
[C#m] Someone saw me sleeping [F#] naked in [E] the noon sun
[G#] For my children I [E] did what I had [C#] to do
My [C#m] family left [G#m] Honduras when [F#m] they killed the [E] Sandinistas
[E] Mexico
[B] survived
[F#] [G#m] [F#] I was a healer, [B] I was gifted [G#m] as a girl
[F#] [E] laid hands [F#] upon the world
[C#m] Someone saw me sleeping [F#] naked in [E] the noon sun
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F#
E
G#m
C#m
B
F#
E
G#m
_ _ _ _ _ _ I [C#] was a high woman and [E] a mother from my [G#m] youth
_ [G#] For my children I [E] did what I had [C#] to do
My _ [C#m] family left [G#m] Honduras when [F#m] they killed the [E] Sandinistas
[C#m] We followed our [G#m] coyote through [F#m] the dust of [E] Mexico
[G#m] Every [G#] one of them [E] except for me [B] survived
And I am still [G#] alive _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] I was a healer, _ [B] I was gifted [G#m] as a girl
I [F#] _ [E] laid hands [F#] upon the world _ _
[C#m] _ Someone saw me sleeping [F#] naked in [E] the noon sun
[C#m] I heard witchcraft [G#m] in the whispers [F#] and I knew my [B] time would come
[G#m] The bastards [F#m] hung me at the Salem Gallows Hill
[E] But I am living [F#] still _ _ _
[G#m] I was [F#] a freedom rider when we [E] thought the South had [G#m] won
_ _ [F#] Virginia in the [E] spring of [F#] 61
_ _ [C#m] I sat down on [G#m] the greyhound that [F#] was bound for [E] Mississippi
_ [C#m] My [G#m] mother asked me if [F#] that ride was worth [E] my life
[G#m] And where [F#] the shots rang out [B] I never heard the sound
[E] But I am [F#] still around
And _ I'll take that [B] ride again [D#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[B] I [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [F#] was a preacher, _ [E] my heart broke for [G#m] all the world
_ [F#] But teaching [E] was unrighteous [F#] for a girl
[F#m] _ [C#m] In the summer [G#m] I was baptized [F#] in a mighty [E] Colorado
[C#m] In the winter I heard the hounds [F#] and I knew I [E] had been found
[G#m] And [F#m] in my savior's [E] name I laid my [B] weapons down
But I am [F#] still around _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] We're the Howarmen
We [E] sing a story [G#m] still untold
_ _ [F#] We [E] carry the stones you can [F#] only hold
[F#m] We [C#m] _ [G#m] are the daughters of the silent [E] generations
[C#m] You [G#m] send our hearts to [F#] die alone in [E] foreign nations
[G#m] It [F#m] may return to [E] us as tiny drops of rain
But we will [F#] still remain
_ _ _ And we'll come [B] back again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] We'll come [B] back again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G#] For my children I [E] did what I had [C#] to do
My _ [C#m] family left [G#m] Honduras when [F#m] they killed the [E] Sandinistas
[C#m] We followed our [G#m] coyote through [F#m] the dust of [E] Mexico
[G#m] Every [G#] one of them [E] except for me [B] survived
And I am still [G#] alive _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ [F#] I was a healer, _ [B] I was gifted [G#m] as a girl
I [F#] _ [E] laid hands [F#] upon the world _ _
[C#m] _ Someone saw me sleeping [F#] naked in [E] the noon sun
[C#m] I heard witchcraft [G#m] in the whispers [F#] and I knew my [B] time would come
[G#m] The bastards [F#m] hung me at the Salem Gallows Hill
[E] But I am living [F#] still _ _ _
[G#m] I was [F#] a freedom rider when we [E] thought the South had [G#m] won
_ _ [F#] Virginia in the [E] spring of [F#] 61
_ _ [C#m] I sat down on [G#m] the greyhound that [F#] was bound for [E] Mississippi
_ [C#m] My [G#m] mother asked me if [F#] that ride was worth [E] my life
[G#m] And where [F#] the shots rang out [B] I never heard the sound
[E] But I am [F#] still around
And _ I'll take that [B] ride again [D#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[B] I [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [B] _ _
_ _ [G#m] _ [F#] was a preacher, _ [E] my heart broke for [G#m] all the world
_ [F#] But teaching [E] was unrighteous [F#] for a girl
[F#m] _ [C#m] In the summer [G#m] I was baptized [F#] in a mighty [E] Colorado
[C#m] In the winter I heard the hounds [F#] and I knew I [E] had been found
[G#m] And [F#m] in my savior's [E] name I laid my [B] weapons down
But I am [F#] still around _ _ _ _ _ _
[G#m] _ [F#] We're the Howarmen
We [E] sing a story [G#m] still untold
_ _ [F#] We [E] carry the stones you can [F#] only hold
[F#m] We [C#m] _ [G#m] are the daughters of the silent [E] generations
[C#m] You [G#m] send our hearts to [F#] die alone in [E] foreign nations
[G#m] It [F#m] may return to [E] us as tiny drops of rain
But we will [F#] still remain
_ _ _ And we'll come [B] back again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] We'll come [B] back again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again
[D#m] _ _ [C#m] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G#m] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] _ _ _ _ _ _