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Sons And Daughters

Allman Brown

PopMedium for beginners5 chords

How to play it

Fingering diagrams for the shapes in this song. × = don't play, ○ = open string.

G
Em
C×
Am×
D××

Chords & lyrics

Chord names sit directly above the word where you change.

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Capo on 2nd fret
              
 
 
Verse: 
    G                Em              C                       G 
And I, will hold you tight, like the moon in the arms of the sky 
    G                Em           C                    G 
And I, will keep you warm, I will build a fire in this house 
 
Chorus: 
G                Em                  C                      G 
And I'll build a fire, you fetch the water and I'll lay the table 
            Em              C                 G 
and in our hearts, we still pray for sons and daughters 
              Em                  C               G 
and all those evenings out in the garden, red,red,wine 
            Em               C   G 
These quiet hours turning to years 
 
Verse: 
    G             Em                C                               G 
And I, I'll wrap myself around your heart I'll be the walls of his heart 
    G            Em           C             G 
And I, I'll keep light on, to call you back home 
 
Chorus: 
 
G                Em                  C                      G 
And I'll build a fire, you fetch the water and I'll lay the table 
            Em              C                 G 
and in our hearts, we still pray for sons and daughters 
              Em                  C               G 
and all those evenings out in the garden, red,red,wine 
            Em               C   G 
These quiet hours turning to years 
 
Bridge: 
G        Em     C  Am 
And it's all to come  
C       G           Am 
for now we're still young 
     C     G       Am 
just building our kingdom  
         C           D 
but it's all to come 
 
Chorus: 
 
D                Em                  C                      G 
And I'll build a fire, you fetch the water and I'll lay the table 
            Em              C                 G 
and in our hearts, we still pray for sons and daughters 
              Em                  C               G 
and all those evenings out in the garden, red,red,wine 
            Em               C   G 
These quiet hours turning to years 
 
 
Outro: 
G    Em     C   Am 
It's all to come  
C       G           Am 
for now we're still young 
          
 

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Chord set

G · Em · C · Am · D

Practice tip

Loop the first two chords slowly until the change is clean, then add the rest.