George Michael – Mothers Pride (Guitar)

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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.
Gsus4:
E |---|---|-4-|--------|
B |---|---|-3-|--------|
G 0---|---|---|--------|
D 0---|---|---|--------|
A |---|---|-1-|--------|  (make sure you hear this C note)
E |---|---|-2-|    ----|
[Intro] -
   Am
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

Dm       G
Oh she knows

              C
She takes his hand

Am
And prays the child will understand

Dm              G                 C
At the door they watch the men go by

Am
In the clothes that daddy wore

Bb
Mother’s pride

G
Baby boy

C
His father’s eyes

     Am                    Bb
He’s a soldier waiting for a war

           G
Time will come

             Gsus4
He’ll hold a gun

	      G
His father’s son
-repeat intro-
Dm         G
  And as he grows

	      C
He hears the band

Am
Takes the step from boy to man

Dm                  G              C
At the shore she waves her son goodbye

Am
Like the man she did before

Bb
Mother’s pride

G
Just a boy

C
His country’s eyes

     Am                     Bb
He’s a soldier waving at the shore

            G
And in her heart

              Gsus4
the time has come

          G
To lose a son
-repeat intro-
Dm                                  G
And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone

              C
They make no difference

    Am
No difference in the end

Dm                      G                    C
   Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero

Am
In the name of God and man

Bb
Mother’s pride

G
Crazy boy

C
His lifeless eyes

       Am                Bb
He’s a soldier now forevermore

   G           Gsus4                   G
<pause> He’ll hold a gun ‘till kingdom come