Why Do You Turn Your Back

Am           G            F     
Remember the time when we two 
       Am
kin were reared
          G       F               
There was never a morsel but that 
         C
it was shared
       E            Am            
If the one babe was stung, t'was 
   E           Am
the other would cry
      G            F              
There scarce was a crossed word 
  D       G
and never a lie

    Am          G          F     
Our people were drab and defeated
      Am
 like slaves
    G              F              
The light of their fathers went 
         C
into the graves
  E           Am         E       
I took to the highway to find 
    Am
some relief
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  G           F          D       
I never meant parting to put you 
   G
to grief

Chorus:
C                F
Sisters, we were sisters
     G         F              D  
'Til love came between us and 
        G
pulled us apart
        C                F
We were sisters, we were sisters
      G            F              
Don't call me your sister and put 
                   Am
a knife through my heart

Now you smile when you greet me, you
 put on a show
But it's slander you're talking as 
soon as you go
If your eye and my eye don't meet 
anymore
Hold fast to your tongue when I've 
walked out the door

Chorus

You say that I'm different, don't 
hold me to blame
It's not to my grandeur, it's not to
 your shame
It's nothing of mine that I lay at 
your door
So take it or leave it, it's to heal
 not to sore