Tono: A
Introducción:
A
In the fire blue forests, faded and forgotten
I crawled through the cotton fields, picking for cotton
D
The overseer sneered, his whipping was rotten
A
With ecstasy.
F#m
Im child-like terror I tore out the tap roots
Bm
Cards of the lash were calling to follow suit
E7
I dashed for the swamps, the hounds in hot pursuit
D A
Jealously.
C#7 F#m
All through the night a figure of fright, as I hid my head
C#7 F#m
And the buried their nose in a cut of my cloths, now torn in shreds
C#7 B
And they never would leave until they believed that I was dead
E A
But I'd never curse their names
E A
Oh, who am I to blame
E A
I know I'd do the same
B
Endlessly.
C#m
And all the high-born ladies
F#m
So lovely and so true,
B
Have been handed to the soldiers
E
When in Rome do as the Romans do.
Frail and afraid in the mists of the morning