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From: Chris
Some Mother's Son
Written by: Ray Davies
Publisher: Hill & Range Songs BMI
Intro: 4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F Bb
Some Bbmother's Fson lies in a Bbfield
D7   Gm   F   Eb  Eb/D  
Someone has killed some mother's son today
CmHead blown up by Fsome soldier's Bbgun
DWhile all the Amothers stand and D7wait
F#Some mother's F#7son ain't coming Bmhome AtoGday
BbSome mothers Cson ain't got no Dgrave
BbTwo soldiers Ffighting in a Bbtrench
D7   Gm   F   Eb  Eb/D  
One soldier glances up to see the sun
CmAnd dreams of Fgames he played when Bbhe Fwas Ebyoung
DAnd then his frAiend calls out his D7name
F#It stops his dF#7ream and as he Bmturns Ahis Ghead
A Bbsecond Clater he is Ddead (2 bars of D)
BbSome mother's Fson lies in a Bbfield
D7   Gm   F   Eb  Eb/D  
Back home they put his picture in a frame
CmBut all dead Fsoldiers look the BbsameF  Eb  
DWhile all the Aparents stand and wD7ait
F#To meet their F#7children coming Bmhome Afrom Gschool
BbSome mother's Cson is lying Ddead
SomeGwhere someone is Dcrying
Someone is Atrying to be so Dbrave
But Bbstill the world keeps tuFrning
Though all the cChildren have gone FawayF7  
BbSome mother's Fson lies in a Bbfield
D7   Gm   F   Eb  Eb/ D  
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
CmAs on the day Fhe went awayBb  F  Eb  
DThey put his pAicture on the wallD7  
F#They put floweF#7rs in the picturBme fraAmeG  
BbSome mothers mCemory remainsD  
Albums this song can be found on: Arthur
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