Wise Woman Chords
Wise Woman by Caroline Herring is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 5st fret. It uses the chords C, G and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
th Fret
Intro: C G F C (4x)
I went up to the mountain
F C F
And I came back a wise woman
C F G C
Went to the river, came back wiser still
F C F
Only to see, you're as dear to me as the air I breathe
C F G C
Won't you meet me at that mansion on the hill
G F
Stuffed your mattress and wove your sheets
C
Patched your blanket, piece by piece
F C F G
If the lord had granted me a choice, I'd a held up my hand
C G F
We ground the corn, moulded lard and lye
C F
Had ten children and watched four die
C G C
I'll stand beside you when you meet the promised land
Because I went up to the mountain
F C F
And I came back a wise woman
C F G C
Went to the river, came back wiser still
F C F
Only to see, you're as dear to me as the air I breathe
C F G C
Won't you meet me at that mansion on the hill
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