Mothers Pride

Intro G#m C#m F# E (x2) C#m F# Oh she knows B She takes his hand G#m And prays the child will understand C#m F# B At the door they watch the men go by G#m In the clothes that daddy wore A Mother’s pride F# Baby boy B His fathers eyes G#m A He’s a soldier waiting for war F# Time will come He’ll hold a gun His father’s son G#m C#m F# E (x2) C#m F# And as he grows B He hears the band G#m Takes the step from boy to man C#m F# B And at the shore she waves her son goodbye G#m Like the man she did before A Mother’s pride F# Just a boy B His country’s eyes G#m A He’s a soldier waving at the shore F# And in her heart the time has come To lose a son C#m F# And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone B They make no difference G#m No difference in the end C#m F# B Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero G#m In the name of God and name A Mother’s pride F# Crazy boy B His lifeless eyes G#m A He’s a soldier now forevermore F# He’ll hold a gun ‘till kingdom come