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Daughters - Easy Version

John Mayer

Capo 2

Strum: D D U D U (w/swing feel)

1 + 2 + 3 +

Chord Guide
2 1 21 3 4 1 32 1
Am7: x02010 D7sus2/A:x00210 G7sus4: 3x3010 C: x32010
111 111 32 231
Gm/D: xx0333 Fm/D: xx0111 Cmaj7: x32000 Dm: xx0231
12 3 4
Em: 022000 G: 3x0003

Intro (x2):
/ Am7 - - / - - - / D7sus2/A - - / - - - /
/ G7sus4 - - / - - - / C - - / - - - /

Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)

I know a girl
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
She puts the color inside of my world
Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)
She's just like a maze
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
Where all of the walls all continually change
Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)
And I've done all I can
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)
Now I'm starting to see
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me

Chorus:
Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C
Fathers be good to your daugh - ters
Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C
Daughters will love like you do
Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C
So mothers be good to your daughters too
/ Am7 - - / - - - / D7sus2/A - - / - - - /
/ G7sus4 - - / - - - / C - - / - - - /

Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)

Oh, you see that skin?
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
It's the same she's been standing in
Am7 (x2) D7sus2/A (x2)
Since the day she saw him walking away
G7sus4 (x2) C (x2)
Now she's left cleaning up the mess he made

Chorus

Bridge:

Gm/D Fm/D C (x2)

Boys, you can break
Cmaj7 (x2) Am7 (x2)
You'll find out how much they can take
Dm (x2)
Boys will be strong
Em (x2)
And boys soldier on
Fm/D (x2)
But boys would be gone without warmth from
G (x4)
A woman's good, good heart

Instrumental Chorus

Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C

On behalf of every man looking out for every girl - You are the
Am7 D7sus2/A G7sus4 C
god and the weight of her world

Chorus, repeat last line 3x

This file is the author's own work and represents his interpretation of this song. It's intended solely for private study, scholarship or research.
Daughters Tab by John Mayer, www.Ultimate-Guitar.Com

Daughters
by John Mayer
from the album 'Heavier Things'

i noticed there was a tab for the song w/ the chords that work out
perfectly
but there was no tabs for the little fillins played by the other
guitar in the song

the chords for the intro are Bm7 Em7 Asus4 Dx2
the chords for the verses are the same; Bm7 Em7 Asus4 D
the chords for the chorus are also the same; Bm7 Em7 Asus4 D
then after the second chorus there is a verse that starts off
'boys you can break', and
the chords for that verse are F(d shaped) D#(d shaped) D
Dmaj7 Dsus2 Bm7 Em7 D/F# A#6/F B6/G
after that the rest of the song is the same 4 chords Bm7 Em7 Asus4
D

A#6/F 1 0 3 0 1 3
B6/G " " " " 2 frets higher
Bm7 x 2 4 2 3 0

this is played in the intro over the chords John plays

e------0-------------------------------------------------
b------8---3--(5)--7h8--7----------------------5--7h8-7--
g--4---7-------------------------4--6-7-4--6-7-----------
d------0-------------------------------------------------
a--------------------------------------------------------
e--------------------------------------------------------

this is played over the same chords but it is played after the
first chorus
e-----------------------------------------------
b------------------------5----------------------
g--4---0-4-7---4-7-6---7---7--------------------
d-----------------------------------------------
a-----------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------

and this is played later on in the song after the lines '..but
boys would be gone
without warmth of a woman's good good heart' listen to the song
for how many times you
play the whole thing through though
e-----------------------------------------------
b-----------------------------------------------
g--6-7-------6-7-------6-7-------6--7-----------
d------7-6-------5-4-------7-6--------4---------
a-----------------------------------------------
e-----------------------------------------------

this is about my 4th tab so please rate this if you found it to be

helpful

here are the lyrics for reference, even though you should also
listen to the song to get
it completely right

i know a girl
she pus the color inside of my world
shes jsut like a maze
where all of the walls all continually change
now i started to see
maybe its got nothing to do with me

so fathers be good to your daughters

daughters will love like you do
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
so mothers be good to your daughters too

oh you see that skin

its the same shes been standing in
since the day she saw him walking away
now shes left, cleaning up the mess he made

chorus

boys you can break

find out how much they can take
boys will be strong and
boys soldier on
but boys would be gone
without the warmth of a woman's good good heart

on behalf of everyman
looking out for everygirl
you are the god and the weight of her world

chorus

so mothers be good to your daughters too

so mothers be good to your daughters too