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D A E
My father married a pure Cherokee
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My mother's people were ashamed of me
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The Indians said that I was white by law
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The white man always called me "Indian Squaw"
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Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
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Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
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Half-breed, she's no good they warned
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Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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D A E
We never settled, went from town to town
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When you're not welcome you don't hang around
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The other children always laughed at me
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"Give her a feather, she's a Cherokee"
[Chorus]
F#m Bm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
F#m Bm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
F#m Bm
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
D F#m Bm7 F#m
Both sides were against me since the day I was born
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D A E
We weren't accepted and I felt ashamed
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Nineteen I left them, tell me who's to blame
D A E C#7
My life since then has been from man to man
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But I can't run away from what I am
[Chorus]
F#m Bm
Half-breed, that's all I ever heard
F#m Bm
Half-breed, how I learned to hate the word
F#m Bm
Half-breed, she's no good they warned
D F#m Bm7 F#m
Both sides were against me since the day I was born