Half Breed Chords
by Shania Twain
Half Breed by Shania Twain is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of G# with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords F, C, G, E7, Am, Am7, Dm and Dm7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tabbed By: Emrldeyzs
VERSE 1:
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"
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
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"
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
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: 2X
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