Mothers Pride Chords by George Michael
This is a much easier version… the only tough chord is B, and I typically play it in the
position, muting the top string (too tinny).
To match George Michael’s studio version, tune your guitar down a half note.
:
E |---|---|-4-|--------|
B |---|---|-3-|--------|
G 0---|---|---|--------|
D 0---|---|---|--------|
A |---|---|-1-|--------| (make sure you hear this C note)
E |---|---|-2-| ----|
[Intro] -
e:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| R
B:-----0-------0---|-----0-------0-|---0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-------0---| E
G:---2-------2-----|---2-------2---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------2-----| P
D:-2-----2-2-----2-|-3-----3-3-----|-----------------|-3-----3-3-------| E
A:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| A
E:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| T
Oh she knows
She takes his hand
And prays the child will understand
At the door they watch the men go by
In the clothes that daddy wore
Mother’s pride
Baby boy
His father’s eyes
He’s a soldier waiting for a war
Time will come
He’ll hold a gun
His father’s son
-repeat intro-
And as he grows
He hears the band
Takes the step from boy to man
At the shore she waves her son goodbye
Like the man she did before
Mother’s pride
Just a boy
His country’s eyes
He’s a soldier waving at the shore
And in her heart
the time has come
To lose a son
-repeat intro-
And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone
They make no difference
No difference in the end
Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero
In the name of God and man
Mother’s pride
Crazy boy
His lifeless eyes
He’s a soldier now forevermore
He’ll hold a gun ‘till kingdom come