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Some Mothers Son by Kinks
Some Mothers Son
Intro: 4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F Bb
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
Someone has killed some mother's son today
Cm F Bb
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
D A D7
While all the mothers stand and wait
F# F#7 Bm A G
Some mother's son ain't coming home today
Bb C D
Some mothers son ain't got no grave
Bb F Bb
Two soldiers fighting in a trench
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
One soldier glances up to see the sun
Cm F Bb F Eb
And dreams of games he played when he was young
D A D7
And then his friend calls out his name
F# F#7 Bm A G
It stops his dream and as he turns his head
Bb C D
A second later he is dead (2 bars of D)
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
Back home they put his picture in a frame
Cm F Bb F Eb
But all dead soldiers look the same
D A D7
While all the parents stand and wait
F# F#7 Bm A G
To meet their children coming home from school
Bb C D
Some mother's son is lying dead
G D
Somewhere someone is crying
A D
Someone is trying to be so brave
Bb F
But still the world keeps turning
C F F7
Though all the children have gone away
Bb F Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7 Gm F Eb Eb/D
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
Cm F Bb F Eb
As on the day he went away
D A D7
They put his picture on the wall
F# F#7 Bm A G
They put flowers in the picture frame
Bb C D
Some mothers memory remains
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