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Tuning: Drop D (D A D G B E)
Note: You need to slide from the E chord to the D/F# chord.
Chords:
E 002000
D/F# 004230
F#m/D 057070
F#m/C 047070
F#dim/C 037070
Asus2 500450
G7sus4 333000
A7 002020
Am7 004030
Em/G 005050
A/C# 0-0-11-0-10-0
Bm/D 0-0-12-0-12-0
C/E 0-0-14-0-13-0
C6 xx5555
Verse 1:
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Though they may want you to tread in their trail
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Only to see if the path they set fails
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Though they may want you to take off your clothes
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Whatever they think that the action exposed
F#m/D F#m/C F#dim/C Asus2
With your clothes on the floor
F#m/D F#m/C F#dim/C Asus2
Taking advice from some old balding bore
F#m/D F#m/C F#dim/C Asus2
You'll ask yourself, "Did I want this at all?"
Chorus:
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
Do you remember what I said?
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
The book I left by your bed
G7sus4 A7 Am7 A/C#
The words that some survivor read
Verse 2:
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Lately I've been thinking about our daughter growing old
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
All of the bullshit that she might be told
F#m/D F#m/C F#dim/C Asus2
There's blood on the floor
F#m/D F#m/C F#dim/C Asus2
Maybe now you'll believe her for sure
Chorus:
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
She remembers what I said
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
The book I left by her bed
G7sus4 A7 Am7 A/C#
The words that some survivor read
Verse 3:
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
Though they may take you for all you had left
E D/F# F#m/D Asus2
You won't be forgotten for what you had not done yet
A/C# C/E Bm/D
So you wished for a kiss from God
A/C# C/E Bm/D
You mourned in your childish loss
A/C# C/E Bm/D
Innocence gone but it's not forgot
C6 E D/F#
You'll cut your way through it somehow
Chorus:
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
You remember what I said
G7sus4 A7 Am7 Em/G
The book you left by your bed
G7sus4 A7 Am7 A/C#
The words that will outlive the dead
Other versions of this song
- Song For Our Daughter (Tabs)
Song History
Last Updated: September 10, 2025