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G The first time it was fathers, theD last time it was sonsG And in between your husbandsC D marched away with drums and gunsG But you never thought to questionC G you just went on with your livesC 'Cause all they'd taught you who toAm C D be was mothers, daughters,Dsus4 D wives [Verse 1]G You barely just remember the tearsD your mother shedG As she sat and read the paperC D through the lists and lists of deadG And the gold frame held theC photograph your mother kissed eachG nightC And the door frame held the shockedAm C D and silent stranger from theDsus4 D fight [Verse 2]G And twenty-one years later you hadD children of your ownG The trumpet sounded once again andC D the soldier boys were goneG And you made their guns and droveC their trucks and you tended toG their woundsC At night you kissed theirAm C photographs and prayed for safeD Dsus4 D returns [Chorus]G The first time it was fathers, theD last time it was sonsContinúa después del anuncioG And in between your husbandsC D marched away with drums and gunsG But you never thought to questionC G you just went on with your livesC 'Cause all they'd taught you who toAm C D be was mothers, daughters,Dsus4 D wives [Verse 3]G And when it was all over you had toD learn againG To be just wives and mothers thoughC D you'd done the work of menG So you worked to help the needy andC G you never trod on toesC And the photo on the mantelpieceAm C D Dsus4 D struck a happy family pose [Verse 4]G But your daughters grew to womenD and your little boys to menG And you wished that you wereC D dreaming when the call-up came againG But you proudly smiled and heldC your tears as they proudly wavedG good byeC But the photos on the mantelpiecesAm C D Dsus4 D it always made you cry [Chorus]G The first time it was fathers, theD last time it was sonsG And in between your husbandsC D marched away with drums and gunsG But you never thought to questionC G you just went on with your livesC 'Cause all they'd taught you who toAm C D be was mothers, daughters,Dsus4 D wives [Verse 5]G And now your growing older and inD time the photos fadeG In widowhood you sit back andC D reflect on the paradeG And the passing of your memories asC G your daughters change their livesC Seeing more to their existencesAm C D than just mothers, daughters,Dsus4 D wives [Chorus]G The first time it was fathers, theD last time it was sonsG And in between your husbandsC D marched away with drums and gunsG But you never thought to questionC G you just went on with your livesC 'Cause all they'd taught you who toAm C D be was mothers, daughters,Dsus4 D wivesG And you never thought to questionC G you just went on with your livesC 'Cause all they'd taught you who toAm D7 G be was mothers, daughters, wives