Mothers Daughters Wives chords by The Corries

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Capo 3


  G+G                        D MajorD
The first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons
  G+G                 C majorC          D MajorD
And in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns
    G+G                 C majorC         G+G
But you never thought to question you just went on with your lives
    C majorC                 A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives


verse 1
  G+G                     D MajorD
You barely just remember the tears your mother shed
   G+G                 C majorC         D MajorD
As she sat and read the paper through the lists and lists of dead
    G+G                  C majorC         G+G
And the gold frame held the photograph your mother kissed each night
    C majorC                   A minorAm    C majorC    D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And the door frame held the shocked and silent stranger from the fight

verse 2
  G+G                        D MajorD
And twenty-one years later you had children of your own
  G+G                  C majorC        D MajorD
The trumpet sounded once again and the soldier boys were gone
    G+G                        C majorC       G+G
And you made their guns and drove their trucks and you tended to their wounds
  C majorC                   A minorAm     C majorC  D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
At night you kissed their photographs and prayed for safe returns


  G+G                        D MajorD
The first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons
  G+G                 C majorC          D MajorD
And in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns
   G+G                  C majorC         G+G
But you never thought to question you just went on with your lives
   C majorC                  A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives


verse 3
  G+G                   D MajorD
And when it was all over you had to learn again
  G+G                   C majorC        D MajorD
To be just wives and mothers though you'd done the work of men
    G+G                C majorC       G+G
So you worked to help the needy and you never trod on toes
    C majorC                A minorAm   C majorC   D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
And the photo on the mantelpiece struck a happy family pose

verse 4
     G+G                       D MajorD
But your daughters grew to women and your little boys to men
    G+G                   C majorC      D MajorD
And you wished that you were dreaming when the call-up came again
    G+G                     C majorC         G+G
But you proudly smiled and held your tears as they proudly waved good bye
    C majorC               A minorAm   C majorC    D MajorD Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
But the photos on the mantelpieces it always made you cry


  G+G                        D MajorD
The first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons
   G+G                C majorC          D MajorD
And in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns
   G+G                  C majorC         G+G
But you never thought to question you just went on with your lives
    C majorC                 A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives


Verse 5
  G+G                       D MajorD
And now your growing older and in time the photos fade
  G+G              C majorC       D MajorD
In widowhood you sit back and reflect on the parade
    G+G                C majorC           G+G
And the passing of your memories as your daughters change their lives
    C majorC                 A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
Seeing more to their existences than just mothers, daughters, wives


  G+G                        D MajorD
The first time it was fathers, the last time it was sons
   G+G                C majorC          D MajorD
And in between your husbands marched away with drums and guns
   G+G                  C majorC         G+G
But you never thought to question you just went on with your lives
    C majorC                 A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives

    G+G                 C majorC         G+G
And you never thought to question you just went on with your lives
    C majorC                 A minorAm    C majorC     D MajorD  Dsus4Dsus4 D MajorD
'Cause all they'd taught you who to be was mothers, daughters, wives