Intro: F Bb F Bb C F
[Verso 1]
F F/A Bb F/A Gm Last Sunday we got in the car and we drove C C7 F Bb/D C7 To the town you were raised in, your boyhood home F F/A Bb F/A Gm The trees were just turning, up on the ridge C C7 F Bb/D C7 And this was your valley when you were a kid F F/A Bb F/A Gm You showed me the railroad that your daddy worked on C C7 F Bb/D C7 As we neared the old house where your granny lives on F F/A Bb F/A Gm She's nearing ninety years now, with her daughters by her side C C7 F F C/E Who tend the places in the heart where loneliness can hide
[Refrão]
Dm7 C Bb C F C/E Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Dm7 C Gm C7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn F F7+ F7 F6 The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Gm F/A Bb Gm C7 F By your mother... and her mother, the weavers of your cloth C/E Dm Bb C7
[Verso 2]
F F/A Bb F/A Gm Your grandmother owned a gun in 1932 C C7 F Bb/D C7 When times were bad just everywhere, you said she used it too F F/A Bb F/A Gm And the life and times of everyone are traced inside their palms C C7 F Bb/D C7 Her skin may be so weathered, but her grip is still so strong F F/A Bb F/A Gm And I see your eyes belong to her and too your mama too C C7 F Bb/D C A slice of Virginia sky, the clearest shade of blue F F/A Bb F/A Gm C7 F C/E
[Refrão]
Dm7 C Bb C F C/E Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Dm7 C Gm C7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn F F7+ F7 F6 The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Gm F/A Bb Gm C7 F By your mother... and her mother, the weavers of your cloth C/E Dm Bb C7 Bb F F/A Gm C Dm C/E F Bb C Dm G Gm C
[Verso 3]
F F/A Bb F/A Gm And a rich man you might never be, they'd love you just the same C C7 F Bb/D C They've handed down so much to you besides your Christian name F F/A Bb F/A Gm And the spoken word won't heal you like the laying on of hands C C7 F C/E Belonging to the ones who raised you to a man
[Refrão]
Dm7 C Bb C F C/E Raised by the women who are stronger than you know Dm7 C Gm C7 A patchwork quilt of memory only women could have sewn F F7+ F7 F6 The threads were stitched by family hands, protected from the moth Gm F/A Bb Gm C7 F By your mother... and her mother, the weavers of your cloth Dm Bb F/A Bb F C/E Dm C Bb C7 F
Enviado por: anônimo
Corrigido por: Caio Monnerat
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