Am       C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   C         G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am         C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   E            G          Am
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice

Am           C        G       Am
My mother’s child is a savage
Am            C               G            Am
She looks for her omens in the colors of stones
Am               C            G         Am
In the faces of cats, In the fall of feathers
Am                  E            G          Am
In the dancing of fire and the curve of old bones

Am       C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   C         G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am         C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   E            G          Am
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice

Am            C      G         Am
My mother’s child dances in darkness
Am                  C            G           Am
She sings heathen songs by the light of the moon
Am                  C         G            Am
And watches the stars, and renames the planets
Am                   E               G            Am
And dreams she can reach them with a song and a broom

Am       C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   C         G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am         C         G      Am
I am my mother’s savage daughter
Am                   E            G          Am
I will not cut my hair, I will not lower my voice

 Am            C      G         Am
We are all brought forth out of darkness
Am                  C            G           Am
Into this world, through blood and through pain
Am                  C         G            Am
And deep in our bones, the old songs are waking
Am                 E          G            Am
So sing them with voices of thunder and rain

Am           C        G       Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am            C               G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am               C            G         Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am                  E            G          Am
We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice

Am           C        G       Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am            C               G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am               C            G         Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am                  E            G          Am
We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice

Am           C        G       Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am            C               G            Am
The one who runs barefoot, cursing sharp stones
Am               C            G         Am
We are our mother's savage daughters
Am                  E            G          Am
We will not cut our hair, We will not lower our voice