Tonart: F minor
Verse 1
Em
D
Em
D
Em
D
Yester
B
Who was standing in the door
Em
And she looked just like an Indian
D
She was brown with long black hair
Em
Her face was almost vacant
B
But with a longing in her eyes
C
G
She stared at me directly
B
And it made me wonder why
C
D
Em
It made me wonder
D
Em
why
Her gaze was still upon me
Em
And it made me feel uneasy
G
So I tried to look away
D
Em
But I felt that she was needy
B
Though I didn't know just why
C
G
So I smiled a little smile
B
As I pulled the car away
C
D
Em
I pulled the car away
Verse 2
Em
C
D
Em
Come with me and you will see
F#m
D
G
Em
G
D
Thing s that will make you cry
Em
C
Em
Take my hand and walk with me
F#m
Em
We are as one, we all are one
Verse 3
Em
It was later in the evening
B
That a noisy fight began
Em
There was crying of a woman
G
And the yelling of a man
F#m
Em
Shouting angry words of hatred
B
As he struck her with his hand
C
G
While she pleased for his mercy
B
C
D
Em
But he failed to understand
D
Em
D
Em
Failed to understand
My blood began to boil
B
And I was outraged to my soul
Em
At the legacy of violence
G
That's been passed to us from old
D
Em
Tradition has allowed for men
B
To brutalize their wives
C
G
Expecting us to live with this threat
B
C
D
Em
For all our lives, for all our lives
Verse 4
Em
C
D
Em
Come with me and you will see
D
G
D
G
D
Things that will make you cry
Em
C
D
Em
Heal the sick, and raise the dead
F#m
D
Em
D
My soul can fly, my soul can fly
Em
Out over houses and fields
D
And I can see clearly in the blackest night
Verse 5
Em
I grabbed the hotel phone
B
To get someone to their room
Em
And they knocked upon the door
G
D
G
Saying, "what's going on in there?"
F#m
Em
And a voice said, "nothing's going on
B
She just drank too much again"
C
G
And then he said, "she's just an Eskimo
B
C
D
Em
With a drinking problem"
That's what he said
I knew the truth quite clearly
B
That this woman wasn't drunk
Em
She was sober as a stone
G
D
G
While all of this was going on
D
Em
And in answer to his hateful words
B
That he'd lied about his wife
B
With a vi olence problem
C
D
With a vi olence problem
Em
Verse 6
Em
C
D
Em
Come with me and you will see
F#m
D
Em
G
D
Thing s that will make you cry
Em
C
D
Em
Take my hand and walk with me
D
F#m
Em
We are as one we all are one
Verse 7
Em
God save this beaten woman
B
Who had fallen to her knees
Em
And to all the other's like her
G
Who are ill with this disease
F#m
Em
I still can hear her moaning
B
I just want my husband back
C
G
But I understood that somehow
B
C
D
Em
She believed it was her fault
She thought it was something she did
Well I'd like to make her leave him
B
But I know I probably can't
Em
And all the beaten women
G
F#m
Who have got to take a stand
Em
We must not forget them
C
G
Or ever hide our eyes
B
For I too have been one,
C
D
Em
I have been one
Verse 8
Em
C
Em
Come with me and you will see
D
G
Em
G
Things that will make you cry
D
Em
Come with me an
C
Em
d you will see
D
G
Em
G
D
Things that will make you cry
Em
C
Em
Heal the sick and raise the dead
D
F#m
Em
B
We are as one we
Em
Em
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