Half Breed Chords

[Verse]
F         C              G
My father married a pure Cherokee
G           E7          Am
My mother's people were ashamed of me
F           C               G        E7
The Indians said that I was white by law
Am            Am7              F
The white man always called me "Indian Squaw"
 
[Chorus]
Am                 Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am                Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am                   Dm
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
F               Am                   Dm7       Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
 
[Verse]
F        C                  G
We never settled, went from town to town
G               E7                Am
When you're not welcome you don't hang around
F         C               G          E7
The other children always laughed at me 
Am          Am7              F
"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
 
[Chorus]
Am                 Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am                Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am                   Dm
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
F               Am                   Dm7       Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
 
[Verse]
F            C            G
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
G          E7                 Am
Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
F             C                  G      E7
My life since then has been from man to man
Am          Am7                  F
But I can't run away from what I am
 
[Chorus]
Am                 Dm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
Am                Dm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
Am                   Dm
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
F               Am                   Dm7       Am
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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