The Highwomen - Highwomen

^G#mI was a Hig^F#hwoman And a ^Emother from my ^G#myouth ^F#For my children I did wh^Eat I had to ^F#do My ^C#mfamily left Hon^G#mduras when they ^F#killed the San^Edinistas We f^C#mollowed a c^G#moyote through the ^F#dust of Mexic^Eo ^G#m Every ^F#one of them exc^Eept for ^F#me sur^Bvived And ^EI am still al^F#ive

^G#m I was a h^F#ealer I was ^Egifted as a ^G#mgirl ^F# I laid ^Ehands upon the ^F#world ^C#mSomeone saw me ^G#msleeping ^F#naked in the ^Enoon sun I heard "witc^C#mhcraft" in the ^G#mwhispers and I k^F#new my time had ^Ecome ^G#m The bastards h^F#ung me at the ^ESalem g^F#allows ^Bhill But ^EI am living ^F#still

^G#m I was a f^F#reedom rider When we th^Eought the South had^G#m won ^F#Virginia in the ^Espring of '^F#61 I ^C#msat down on the^G#m Greyhound that was b^F#ound for Missi^Essippi ^C#m My mother ^G#masked me if that r^F#ide was worth my ^Elife ^G#m And when the s^F#hots rang out I ^Enever ^F#heard the ^Bsound But ^EI am still a^F#round

An^F#d I'll take that ride a^Bgain And a^F#gain And a^G#mgain And ^F#again And ^Eagain

^G#m I was a p^F#reacher My heart ^Ebroke for all the w^G#morld But t^F#eaching was unri^Eghteous for a g^F#irl In the s^C#mummer I was ^G#mbaptized in the^F# mighty Col^Eorado In the ^C#mwinter I heard the ^G#mhounds and I ^F#knew I had been ^Efound ^G#m And in my ^F#Savior's name, I ^Elaid my ^F#weapons ^Bdown But ^EI am still arou^F#nd

^G#m We are The ^F#Highwomen Singing s^Etories still u^G#mntold ^F# We carry the so^Ens you can only ^F#hold ^C#m We are the d^G#maughters of the s^F#ilent gener^Eations ^C#m You sent our h^G#mearts to die a^F#lone in foreign ^Enations ^G#mIt may ret^F#urn to us as ^Etiny ^F#drops of ^Brain But ^Ewe will still r^F#emain

^F#And we'll come back ag^Bain and ^F#again and ^G#magain And ag^F#ain and ag^Eain ^F#And we'll come back ag^Bain and ^F#again and ^G#magain And ag^F#ain and ag^Eain ^F#And we'll come back ag^Bain and ^F#again and ^G#magain And ag^F#ain and ag^Eain ^F#And we'll come back ag^Bain and ^F#again and ^G#magain And ag^F#ain and ag^Eain