The Highwomen – Highwomen (Live Performance) Chords

_ _ _ _ _ _ [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] _ .
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ .
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