The Highwomen – Highwomen (Live Performance) Chords
Tempo:
88.55 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G#m
B
C#m
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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Key:
F#
E
G#m
B
C#m
F#
E
G#m
[G#] I was a high woman [F#] and a man of [G#m] my year.
.
[G#] For my children I did what I [F#] had to do.
.
[C#] My family left [G#m] under us when [F#] they killed the [E] Sandinistas.
[C#] We followed a [G#m] coyote through [F#] the dust of Mexico.
[B] .
[G#m] And [F#] every one of them [B] except for me [B].
survived.
[E] But I am still [G#] alive.
I [B] .
[G#m] [F#] was a heathen.
I [E] was gifted [G#m] as a girl.
[F#].
I [E] laid hands upon [F#] the world.
[C#m].
Someone [G#m] saw me sleeping [F#] naked [E] in the nonesome.
[C#m] I heard a witchcraft [G#m] and a whisper.
[F#] And I knew my [E] time had come.
[G#m].
The [F#] bastards hung me [E] at the [B] Salem gallows' queue.
[E] But I am [F#] living still.
.
[G#m] I [F#] was a freedom rider.
[E] Well, we thought the [G#m] South had won.
[F#] Virginia [E] in the spring of [F#] 61.
[C#m] I shot 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 worth [E] my life.
[G#m] And [F#] as the shots rang [E] out, I never [B] heard this [E] howl.
But I am [F#] still around.
And I'll take that [B] ride again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] [B] .
[G#m] Well, [F#] I was a preacher.
And [E] my heart broke [G#m] [F#] when I heard that the teacher [E] was unrighteous [F#] for a girl.
[C#m] In the summer [G#m] I was baptized [F#] in the mighty [E] Colorado.
[C#m] In the winter [G#m] I heard the hounds [F#] and I knew I [E] had been found.
[G#m].
And [F#] in my Savior's [E] name I laid my [B] weapons [E] down.
But I am [F#] still around.
.
[G#m] [F#] We are the Howlin' Men.
[E] We sing a story still [G#m] untold.
We [E] carry the stones [F#] you can only hold.
[C#m] [G#m] We are the daughters [F#] of the silent [E] generations.
[C#m] [G#m] Used in our hearts to [F#] die alone [E] in foreign nations.
[G#m] [F#] They may return to [E] us as tiny [B] drops of rain.
[E] But we will [F#] still remain.
And we'll come [B] back again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] We'll come [B] back again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] And we'll come back [B].
again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] We'll come back [B] again [G#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#] [F#] [G#m] .
[G#] .
.
[G#] For my children I did what I [F#] had to do.
.
[C#] My family left [G#m] under us when [F#] they killed the [E] Sandinistas.
[C#] We followed a [G#m] coyote through [F#] the dust of Mexico.
[B] .
[G#m] And [F#] every one of them [B] except for me [B].
survived.
[E] But I am still [G#] alive.
I [B] .
[G#m] [F#] was a heathen.
I [E] was gifted [G#m] as a girl.
[F#].
I [E] laid hands upon [F#] the world.
[C#m].
Someone [G#m] saw me sleeping [F#] naked [E] in the nonesome.
[C#m] I heard a witchcraft [G#m] and a whisper.
[F#] And I knew my [E] time had come.
[G#m].
The [F#] bastards hung me [E] at the [B] Salem gallows' queue.
[E] But I am [F#] living still.
.
[G#m] I [F#] was a freedom rider.
[E] Well, we thought the [G#m] South had won.
[F#] Virginia [E] in the spring of [F#] 61.
[C#m] I shot 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 worth [E] my life.
[G#m] And [F#] as the shots rang [E] out, I never [B] heard this [E] howl.
But I am [F#] still around.
And I'll take that [B] ride again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] [B] .
[G#m] Well, [F#] I was a preacher.
And [E] my heart broke [G#m] [F#] when I heard that the teacher [E] was unrighteous [F#] for a girl.
[C#m] In the summer [G#m] I was baptized [F#] in the mighty [E] Colorado.
[C#m] In the winter [G#m] I heard the hounds [F#] and I knew I [E] had been found.
[G#m].
And [F#] in my Savior's [E] name I laid my [B] weapons [E] down.
But I am [F#] still around.
.
[G#m] [F#] We are the Howlin' Men.
[E] We sing a story still [G#m] untold.
We [E] carry the stones [F#] you can only hold.
[C#m] [G#m] We are the daughters [F#] of the silent [E] generations.
[C#m] [G#m] Used in our hearts to [F#] die alone [E] in foreign nations.
[G#m] [F#] They may return to [E] us as tiny [B] drops of rain.
[E] But we will [F#] still remain.
And we'll come [B] back again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] We'll come [B] back again [A#m] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] And we'll come back [B].
again [F#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#m] [F#] We'll come back [B] again [G#] and again [G#m] and again [F#] and again [E] and again.
[B] [C#] [F#] [G#m] .
[G#] .