Daughters Chords
by John Mayer
Daughters by John Mayer is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of Bm/. It uses the chords Bm7/11, Em7/9, G/A, D6, Em7/11, E7, Am/D, Gm/D, D, D7+, Bm, Em, D/F#, Gm and A7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: Bm7/11 Em7/9 G/A D6
Bm7/11 Em7/9
I know a girl
G/A D6
She puts the color inside of my world
Bm7/11 Em7/11
But she's just like a maze
G/A D6
Where all of the walls all continually change
Bm7/11 Em7/11
And I've done all I can
G/A D6
To stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
Bm7/11 Em7/11
Now I'm starting to see
G/A D6
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Fathers be good to your daughters,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Daughters will love like you do,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
So mothers be good to your daughters too
SOLO : (Bm7/11 Em7/9 G/A D6)
Bm7/11 Em7/9
Oh, you see that skin?
G/A D6
It's the same shes been standing in
Bm7/11 Em7/9
Since the day she saw him walking away
G/A
Now shes left
D6
Cleaning up the mess he made
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
So Fathers be good to your daughters,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Daughters will love like you do,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
So mothers be good to your daughters too
Am/D Gm/D D
Boys you can break
D7+ Bm
You'll find out how much they can take
Em
Boys will be strong and
D/F#
Boys soldier on
Gm
But boys would be gone
without warmth from
A7
A woman's good, good heart
SOLO: (Bm7/11 Em7/9 G/A D6)
(Bm7/11 Em7/9 G/A D6)
On behalf of every man
Looking out for every girl
You are the god and the weight of her world
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
So Fathers be good to your daughters,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Daughters will love like you do,
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7/11 E7 G/A D6
So mothers be good to your daughters too