Some Mothers Son

Intro: 4 bars of arpeggios on Bb 
then, over 4 bars, Bb F  Bb

     Bb       F             Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7                               
Someone has killed some mother's 
Gm  F  Eb  Eb/D
son today
Cm               F              Bb
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
D             A                 D7
While all the mothers stand and wait
F#            F#7              
Some mother's son ain't coming 
Bm   A G
home today
Bb           C                D
Some mothers son ain't got no grave

Bb           F             Bb
Two soldiers fighting in a trench
D7                        Gm  F  
One soldier glances up to see the
 Eb  Eb/D
 sun
Cm            F                   
And dreams of games he played when
 Bb F   Eb
 he was young
D              A                  
And then his friend calls out his 
D7
name
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F#            F#7            Bm  
It stops his dream and as he 
  A   G
turns his head
  Bb     C           D
A second later he is dead           
(2 bars of D)

Bb            F             Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7                             Gm 
Back home they put his picture in 
F Eb   Eb/D
a frame
Cm           F                 
But all dead soldiers look the 
Bb   F   Eb
same
D             A                  D7
While all the parents stand and wait
F#            F#7             Bm 
To meet their children coming 
  A    G
home from school
Bb            C            D
Some mother's son is lying dead

    G                D
Somewhere someone is crying
           A               D
Someone is trying to be so brave
    Bb                      F
But still the world keeps turning
                C                 
Though all the children have gone 
F     F7
away


Bb            F             Bb
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7                             Gm 
But in his mother's eyes he looks 
F Eb   Eb/D
the same
Cm           F                 
As on the day he went away
Bb   F   Eb

D             A                  D7
They put his picture on the wall
F#            F#7             
They put flowers in the picture 
Bm   A    G
frame
Bb            C            D
Some mothers memory remains