Prologue Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]My name's
Betty
Carson.
Ballad singing's in my blood. I come
[C]from [Am]a long line of singer[C]s
[Am]whose [C]songs have been running
down my family for generations.
[Am]Strong are the roots and[C]
the branch of the [Am]tree.[C][Am]
[C]Fierce is the flower that blooms.
Hidden
[F]Away [Am]is the one silver key lead
[C]ing [Am]to u[C]nopened [F]rooms
Oh, women of [C]earth, wind, and [G]flame
[C]Born under chan[G]ging skies
[F]Oh, com[Am]mon in [F]blood and in nam[G]e
With stor[C]ies and songs in their [Am]eyes
My an[C]cestors came [Am]out [C]of
[Am]Scotland, through
Ireland
Carrying home in their hearts
They crossed that wild
Atlantic
Stepped off their boats
And made their way here
Into the
Appalachian
Mountain[G]s
[Am]Dark as the ink on the [G]pages of white
[F]Dark as the sky at [Dm]the time
[Am]Deep as the grave where
the [G]ancestors lied
[F]Deep as the well in your [G]mind
[C]Oh, [F]wo [Am]men of water and ai[G]r
Born under changing [Em]skies
[F]Oh, in [Am]song and in story they [G]share
Future and past [C]in their [Am]eyes
Songs, tunes [G]an d stories
[Am]The
Scots -Irish brought with them
Have been kept alive [G]here in these [Am]hills
Passed down through the years
[G]One per[Am]son to the next.
[G]Down [Am]the line the blood runs red
Hear the thorn, the bird, and the [G]berry
[Am]Down the line the blood [G]runs red
[C]Oh -oh -oh -oh -oh -o[Am]h
Down the line the blood runs hot
Fuel the fire, a heart [G]is a vessel
[Am]Down the line the blood [C]runs hot
Oh -oh -oh -o[G]h -[C]oh -[G]oh -oh[Am]
[F]To weather [G]the storms [C]every day
[G]When you know the[C]y'll return again
[Am]Oh, to g[C]o when your
God says to [G]stay[C][G]
[F]Oh, [Am]wo men of earth,
wind an[G]d flame
Born under changing skies
[F]Oh, [Am]coming in from a [G]new day
Stories [C]and songs in their [F]eyes[C]
[F]Strong are the [Am]roots and the
branch of [C]the tree,
[C]Fierce is the flower that blooms.
Hidden away [C]is the one silver key,
Leading to unopened rooms.