Guitar chord Daughters

Daughters by John Mayer discusses the impact parents have on their daughters love lives, inspired by a personal experience. Mayer wrote the song after an intimate conversation with his then-girlfriend, who shared how her troubled relationship with her father affected her romantic relationships. The song focuses on the realization of the significant influence parents have on their daughters ability to love and be loved.

Key:  D
Introduction:
Bm7
  
Em7
  
A7(4)
   
D
  x2 
Bm7
     
Em7
 
I know a girl
              
A4
               
D
 
She puts the color inside of my world
Bm7
                
Em7
 
She's just like a maze
                   
A4
                  
D
 
Where all of the walls all continually change
Bm7
               
Em7
 
I've done all I can
                  
A4
                     
D
 
To stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
 
Bm7
              
Em7
 
Now I started to see
                 
A4
              
D
 
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me

 
Bm7
         
E7
          
A4
   
D
 
Fathers be good to your daughters
 
Bm7
            
E7
          
A4
     
D
 
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7
           
E7
         
A4
     
D
 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
    
Bm7
        
E7
           
A4
      
D
 
So mothers be good to your daughters too

Bm7
                
Em7
 
Oh, you see that skin
          
A4
                    
D
 
It's the same she's been standing in
          
Bm7
              
Em7
 
Since the day she saw him walkin' away
           
A4
                         
D
 
Now she's left cleaning up the mess he made

    
Bm7
           
E7
       
A4
     
D
 
So fathers be good to your daughters
   
Bm7
           
E7
            
A4
      
D
 
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7
           
E7
         
A4
    
D
 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
   
Bm7
         
E7
           
A4
      
D
 
So mothers be good to your daughters too

D9
 
Gm/D
          
D
 
  Boys you can break
D7M
           
D2
            
Bm7
 
Find out how much they can take
              
Em7
 
Boys will be strong and
             
D/F#
 
Boys soldier on
                   
Gm7(11)
 
But boys would be gone
                   
A4
                 
Bm7
 
Without warmth of a woman's good good heart

Bm7
  
E7
  
A4
    
D
 

Bm7
               
E7
 
    On behalf of every man
                 
A4
      
D
 
Looking out for every girl
            
Bm7
           
E7
           
A4
   
D
 
You are the god and the weight of her world

    
Bm7
           
E7
       
A4
     
D
 
So fathers be good to your daughters
  
Bm7
           
E7
            
A4
      
D
 
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7
           
E7
        
A4
       
D
 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
   
Bm7
         
E7
          
A4
       
D
 
So mothers be good to your daughters too

    
Bm7
        
E7
          
A4
       
D
 
So mothers be good to your daughters too
    
Bm7
        
E7
          
A4
       
D
 
So mothers be good to your daughters too