{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1936239,"song":"Mothers Daughters Wives","artist":"The Corries","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433009-mothers-daughters-wives-chords-by-the-corries/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1936239?type=chord","rating":4.94161,"votes":13,"content":"capo on the 3rd fret. \r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you never thought to question you just went on with your lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nYou barely just remember the tears your mother shed[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAs she sat and read the paper through the lists and lists of dead[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the gold frame held the photograph your mother kissed each night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the door frame held the shocked and silent stranger from the fight [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd twenty-one years later you had children of your own[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe trumpet sounded once again and the soldier boys were gone[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you made their guns and drove their trucks and you tended to their wounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                                      [ch]Am[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAt night you kissed their photographs and prayed for safe returns[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                 [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you never thought to question you just went on with your lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                                    [ch]Am[/ch]       [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives [/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd when it was all over you had to learn again[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo be just wives and mothers though you'd done the work of men[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSo you worked to help the needy and you never trod on toes[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                                [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd the photo on the mantelpiece struck a happy family pose[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                                              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut your daughters grew to women and your little boys to men[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd you wished that you were dreaming when the call-up came again[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you proudly smiled and held your tears as they proudly waved good bye[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the photos on the mantelpieces it always made you cry[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you never thought to question you just went on with your lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd now your growing older and in time the photos fade[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn widowhood you sit back and reflect on the parade[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the passing of your memories as your daughters change their lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                 [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeeing more to their existences than just mothers, daughters, wives[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]                                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut you never thought to question you just went on with your lives[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus4[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd you never thought to question you just went on with your lives [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                                  [ch]Am[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  \r\n'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives[/tab]","plain_text":"capo on the 3rd fret. \n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","D","C","Am","Dsus4","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}