intro: Abm C#m F# E x 2 C#m F# Oh she knows B She takes his hand Gm And prays the child will understand C#m F# B At the door they watch the men go by Abm In the clothes that daddy wore A Mother’s pride F# Baby boy B His fathers eyes Abm A He’s a soldier waiting for war F# Time will come He’ll hold a gun His father’s son Abm C#m F# E x 2 C#m F# And as he grows B He hears the band Abm Takes the step from boy to man C#m F# B And at the shore she waves her son goodbye Abm Like the man she did before A Mother’s pride F# Just a boy B His country’s eyes Abm 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 Abm No difference in the end C#m F# B Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero Abm In the name of God and name A Mother’s pride F# Crazy boy B His lifeless eyes Abm A He’s a soldier now forevermore F# He’ll hold a gun ‘till kingdom come