&quot;Daughters&quot; is the third single from Heavier Things, the 2003 studio album from blues singer-songwriter John Mayer. The critically-acclaimed song won numerous awards, including the 2005 Grammy Award for Song of the Year at the 47th Grammy Awards. An extended blues version of &quot;Daughters&quot; was included on the John Mayer Trio's 2005 live album Try!, and an acoustic live version can be found on Mayer's 2008 live album/DVD Where The Light Is.

Heavier Things

Bm7      Em7
I know a girl
             Dsus2              D
She puts the color inside of my world
    Bm7               Em7
But she's just like a maze
                 Dsus2                 D
Where all of the walls all continually change
     Bm7            Em7
And I've done all I can
                Dsus2                     D
To stand on her steps with my heart in my hands
    Bm7             Em7
Now I'm starting to see
               Dsus2              D
Maybe it's got nothing to do with me


Bm7         Em7          Dsus2   D
Fathers, be good to your daughters
Bm7            Em7           Dsus2  D
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7          Em7        Dsus2      D
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7            Em7          Dsus2      D
So mothers, be good to your daughters too

Bm7               Em7
Oh, you see that skin?
          Dsus2                    D
It's the same she's been standing in
           Bm7            Em7
Since the day she saw him walking away
  Dsus2
Now she's left
                        D
Cleaning up the mess he made


   Bm7         Em7           Dsus2   D
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Bm7            Em7           Dsus2   D
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7          Em7        Dsus2     D
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7            Em7          Dsus2     D
So mothers, be good to your daughters too

Bm7           Em7
Boys, you can break
       Dsus2                      D
You'll find out how much they can take
Bm7 
Boys will be strong
                 Em7
And boys soldier on
                  Dsus2
But boys would be gone without the warmth from
         D
A womans good, good heart
 
             Bm7
On behalf of every man
                Em7
Looking out for every girl
            Dsus2        D
You are the god and the weight of her world

  Bm7          Em7          Dsus2    D
So fathers, be good to your daughters
Bm7             Em7          Dsus2  D
Daughters will love like you do
Bm7          Em7        Dsus2     D
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers
   Bm7         Em7          Dsus2     D 
So mothers, be good to your daughters too [x3]

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Intro/Verse

Am      Dsus2(or Dm)          G                  C
I know a girl, she puts the colour inside of my world,

Am      Dsus                  G                  C
Shes, just like a maze, where all of the walls all continually change,

Chorus is the same chords except the tempo sped up


Daughters

enjoy the tab and the chords are pretty rough, you can messa  round with it I'm
sure you'll get the hang of it after listening to it a could times

Bm7 Em7 Dsus2 D x2
Bm7     Em7
i know a girl
                  Dsus2                      D
she puts the color inside of my world
Bm7                      Em7
she's just like a maze
                           Dsus2                  D
where all of the walls all continually change
Bm7               Em7
I've done all i can  
                       Dsus2                                      D
to stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
 Bm7                      Em7
Now i started to see
                 Dsus2                     D
maybe its got nothing to do with me. 

    Bm7           Em7           Dsus2    D
so fathers be good to your daughters,
   Bm7           Em7            Dsus2    D
daughters will love like you do,
Bm7           Em7                   Dsus2     D
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7           Em7                   Dsus2     D
so mothers be good to your daughters too. 
Bm7 Em7 Dsus2 D (2 times)
Bm7                Em7
Oh you see that skin
          Dsus2                      D  
its the same shes been standing in
     Bm7                         Em7      
since the day she say him walking away
              Dsus2                          D  
now she's left cleaning up the mess he made

Then Chorus  and finish...

A----------------------2-2h3--2-2h3--5s8-7--------------------
E----------------------2-2----0-0----5---5--------------------
C----------------------2-2----2-2----2---6--------------------
G--2-4s5-2-4s5-7-8s9-8-2-2----0-0----2---7--------------------

Daughters! The Dsus2 might sound a little off at first but once you get into singing it, it all sounds great!

Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D x2
Bm7     Em7
i know a girl
                   Asus4                            D
she puts the color inside of my world
Bm7                      Em7
she's just like a maze
                           Asus4                            D
where all of the walls all continually change
Bm7               Em7
I've done all i can  
                       Asus4                                      D
to stand on the steps with my heart in my hands
 Bm7                      Em7
Now i started to see
                         Asus4                            D
maybe its got nothing to do with me. 

    Bm7           Em7                   Asus7    D
so fathers be good to your daughters,
   Bm7           Em7            Asus7    D
daughters will love like you do,
Bm7           Em7                   Asus7       D
girls become lovers who turn into mothers
Bm7           Em7                   Asus7         D
so mothers be good to your daughters too. 
Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D x2
Bm7                Em7
Oh you see that skin
          Asus7                               D  walk to B
its the same shes been standing in
     Bm7                         Em7      
since the day she say him walkin away
               Asus7                                                     D
now she's left   cleaning up the mess he made
CHORUS

F  (D shape)           D# (Dshape)          D (D shape)
boys you can break          
    Dmaj7         Dsus2               Bm7       
find out how much they can take
              Em7                 
boys will be strong and 
 D/F#
boys soldier on
                     A#6/F
but boys would be gone 
                                  B6/G
without warmth of a woman's good good heart
Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D x2
Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D 
on behalf of every man
Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D 
looking out for every girl
Bm7* Em7 Asus4 D
you are the god and the weight of her world
CHORUS
Bm7           Em7                   Asus7         D
so mothers be good to your daughters too.
Bm7           Em7                   Asus7         D
so mothers be good to your daughters too

Bm7      Em7       Asus4          D 
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xC|--------|-^2------|-2------------|------| 
xG|-4------|-^4------|-6------2---2-|------| 
 
    Bm7       Em7       Asus4                D 
xA|---------|---------|--------------------|------| 
xE|---------|---------|--------------------|------| 
xC|-----1-2-|-----1-2-|-4----------6b7-----|-6----| 
xG|-4-------|-4-------|--------------------|------| 
 
 
Bm7      Em7 
I know a girl 
              Asus4                 D 
She puts the color inside of my world 
Bm7               Em7 
She's just like a maze 
                  Asus4                    D 
Where all of the walls all continually change 
Bm7             Em7 
I've done all I can 
                Asus4                        D 
To stand on the steps with my heart in my hands 
 Bm7                Em7 
Now I’m starting to see 
               Asus4                D 
Maybe it’s got nothing to do with me  
 
 
Chorus: 
   Bm7        E7           G      D 
So fathers be good to your daughters, 
Bm7            E7            G       D 
Daughters will love like you do, 
Bm7          E7         G           D 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers 
   Bm7        E7           G          D 
So mothers be good to your daughters too 
 
 
    Bm7          Em7            Asus4        D  
xA|------------|--------------|------------|------| 
xE|------------|--------------|----------0-|------| 
xC|------------|-2--------1b2-|-1----------|-2----| 
xG|-4------0-4-|--------4-----|--------2---|------| 
 
 
Bm7             Em7 
Oh you see that skin 
        Asus4                    D  
Its the same she’s been standing in 
          Bm7             Em7       
Since the day she saw him walkin’ away 
          Asus4                        D 
Now she’s left cleaning up the mess he made 
 
 
Chorus: 
   Bm7        E7           G      D 
So fathers be good to your daughters, 
Bm7            E7            G       D 
Daughters will love like you do, 
Bm7          E7         G           D 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers 
   Bm7        E7           G          D 
So mothers be good to your daughters too 
 
 
Bridge:
F  Eb        D  
Boys you can break           
Dmaj7        Dsus2         Bm7        
Find out how much they can take 
              Em7                  
Boys will be strong and  
             D 
Boys soldier on 
                  Bb  
But boys would be gone  
                                            
Without the warmth of a woman's good, good heart 
 
 
Interlude: Bm7 Em7 Asus4 D x2 
 
 
             Bm7       Em7 
On behalf of every man 
                Asus4      D  
Looking out for every girl 
            Bm7         Em7           Asus4   D 
You are the god and the weight of her world 
 
 
Chorus: 
   Bm7        E7           G      D 
So fathers be good to your daughters, 
Bm7            E7            G       D 
Daughters will love like you do, 
Bm7          E7         G           D 
Girls become lovers who turn into mothers 
   Bm7        E7           G          D 
So mothers be good to your daughters too 
 
 
Outro: 
   Bm7        E7           G            D 
So mothers be good to your daughters too 
   Bm7        E7           G            D 
so mothers be good to your daughters too

C   
Jaja, okay okay
                  F
Ya sé qué pasa aquí
   A#                            C
Encuentras la grandeza frente a ti
             C
Y no sabes bien qué sentir
       F            A#                      C
Es adorable, que jamás los humanitos cambiarán
           C       F
Despierta ya, oye bien, 
           A#                   C
este como ves es Maui, de verdad
             C                F
Sé que como yo no encuentras dos
        A#          C
Lo que miras es un semi Dios

[Coro 1]
Am         F           C
  Yo solo sé decir de nada
        E7               Am
Por el mar, el cielo, el sol
                F            C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada
     E7                    C
Soy sólo un ordinario semi yo

[Estrofa 2]
C                                F  
Hey, ¿qué fortachón el cielo elevó?
                        A#
Cuando eras de esta altura, éste
C                  C
  Si la noche enfrió, 
                  F
¿quién fue quien fuego te llevó?
       A#          
¿Qué, alguien me nombró? 
C              C       F
  Oh, yo sólo lazo el sol
          A#                    C
De nada, para estirar tu diversión
          C       F
Brisa yo hago soplar, de nada, 
   A#           C
y así tus velas elevar

[Coro 2]
Am        F            C
  Yo sólo sé decir de nada, 
        E7                  Am
por las islas que traje del mar
              F                  C
No ruegues jamás, nunca más, de nada
         E7                     Am
¡Ha! Genial es mi manera de servir, 
    F
de nada, 
    C
de nada

[Parte Rap]
C
De nada dudes ya
Hey, honestamente te explicaré 
de natural modo cada fenómeno
El mar, el sol, el gas, 
oh, ese es Maui hablando de más
Anguilas que, yo las enterré, 
de la palmera los cocos creé
Un consejo, una lección te doy
No me molestes si en mi descanso estoy
Am
  El tapiz que en mi piel se ve, 
F
  es el mapa de lo que gané
C
  Por donde fui provoqué mil sucesos
E7
  Ve al pequeñín mini Maui nomás zapateando,
Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ¡Hey!

[Coro 3]
Am          F              C
  Yo sólo puedo decir, de nada (de nada)
           E7              Am
Por el mundo especial que doy
                 F           C
No hay de que agradecer, de nada (de nada)
    E7                     Am
De nada hablaré, que ya me voy
          F            C
Te toca a ti decir de nada (de nada)
       E7             Am
Pues quiero esa barca ya
             F          C
Muy lejos navegaré, de nada (de nada)
       E7               Am
Pues Maui nada sabe de nadar
              F                 C  F C
(De nada) De nada (De nada) de nada
         C
Y gracias

De Nada

G      Em
I found a love for me
               C                         D
Darling just dive right in, and follow my lead
                G                 Em
Well I found a girl beautiful and sweet
          C                                  D
I never knew you were the someone waiting for me

                                 G
Cause we were just kids when we fell in love
              Em                     C               G  D
Not knowing what it was, I will not give you up this ti-ime
                   G                         Em
But darling just kiss me slow, your heart is all I own
             C                  D
And in your eyes you’re holding mine

       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D              Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

               G                    Em
Well I found a woman, stronger than anyone I know
                C                                        D
She shares my dreams, I hope that someday I’ll share her home
           G             Em
I found a love, to carry more than just my secrets
         C                              D
To carry love, to carry children of our own

                              G                     Em 
We are still kids, but we’re so in love, fighting against all odds
                  C               G  D
I know that we’ll be alright this ti-ime
               G                            Em 
Darling just hold my hand, be my girl, I’ll be your man
          C              D
I see my future in your eyes



       Em   C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight

G Em C D 


       Em     C            G          D              Em
Baby, I’m dancing in the dark, with you between my arms
C                G     D                Em
Barefoot on the grass, listening to our favorite song
          C                G                 D               Em
When you said you looked a mess, I whispered underneath my breath
         C                G        D             
But you heard it, darling you look perfect tonight


Perfect

BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP


C         G
Baa, baa, black sheep,
F            C
Have you any wool?

F        C
Yes sir, yes sir,
G          C
Three bags full.

C           G
One for the master,
F           C
One for the dame,

F               C
And one for the little boy
G                  C
Who lives down the lane.

Baa Baa Black Sheep

G         Em		  
1) Almost heaven,   West Virginia,
2) All my mem'ries, gather round her, 

   D			 C                G
1) Blue Ridge Mountains, Shenandoah       River.
2) miner's lady,         stranger to blue water.

                      Em  
1) Life is old there, older than the trees, 
2) Dark and dusty,    painted on the sky, 

   D
1) younger than the mountains
2) misty taste of moonshine

   C			G
1) growin' like a breeze.
2) teardrop in my eye.

              G              D            Em        C
       Country roads, take me home, to the place I belong.
	      G               D              C            G
     West Virginia, Mountain momma, take me home Country roads


           Em       D            G 
 	I hear her voice in the morning hour she calls me,
            C        G              D 
        the radio reminds her of my home far away
            Em               D            C
        and driving down the road I get a feeling 
 	       G                     D          D7    G
        that I should have been home yesterday, yesterday.

Country Roads

Intro (2X):
Am	G	F	C

Verse 1:
                C	               Am		
There's so much craziness surrounding me
                F	 	             G		            
There's so much going on it gets hard to breathe
     Am     F		                          C
When all my faith has gone you bring it back to me
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

             C	             Am		
When I'm not sure of my priorities
               F	 	             G		
When I've lost sight of where I meant to be
     Am   F		            C
Like holy water washing over me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Verse 2:
          C	                   Am		
When my head is strong but my heart is weak
              F	 	          G		
I'm full of arrogance and uncertainty
     Am      F				                          C
When I can't find the words you teach my heart to speak
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me yeah

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 

Bridge:
G                           F                 C
    Everybody’s talking in words I don't understand
G                                    F              C
    You got to be the only one who knows just who I am
Em                                    F	
    You’re shining in the distance I hope I can make it through
           D	                              G                                    
Cause the only place that I want to be is right back home with you 


Verse 3:
                 C	             Am		
I guess there's so much more I have to learn
               F	 	                       G		
But if you're here with me, I know which way to turn
        Am         F		                   C
You always give me somewhere, somewhere I can run
Am	            G	       F   C
   You make it real for me 

Chorus:
    G	    Am	   F	             C
And IIIIIIIII'm running to you baby
G    Am	              F	           C
  Youuuuuuuuu are the only one who saved me
       G     Am	         F	               C
That's    whyyyyyyy I've been missing you lately
      Am	         G	       F   C
Cause you make it real for me 
Am	         G	       F   C
You make it real for me

You Make It Real

LA RE
Jo et duré a casa si fa mal temps
MI FA#m
Jo t’empararé si un cas tens por
SIm MI
Jo te cuidaré si estàs malalta
RE LA
De tot cor, de tot cor
RE REm LA
De tot cor

MI RE DO#m-SIm-LA

FA#m DO#m
Estic a punt d’anar-me’n
RE LA RE
Mes abans de partir et diré
REm LA
Que et duc dins es pensament

FA#m DO#m
No deix de recordar-te
RE LA RE
I alen els teus alens tot calents
REm SIm MI
De lluny i de prop me tens


Jo et duré...

FA#m DO#m
I a dalt de s’escenari
RE LA RE
Quan estic concentrat cantant
REm MI
Jo sempre te tenc present

FA#m DO#m
Perquè m’ets necessari
RE LA
Com s’aire que respir
RE REm SIm MI
Necessit estar amb tu en tot moment


Jo et duré... ( bis )

De tot cor

Intro/Verse
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E|--------1--4---------------------------------------------------|
C|--8--5---------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Chorus
A|--1--4--4--4--6------------------------------------------------|
E|--------2-----4------------------------------------------------|
C|--5--8-----8---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|

Solo
A|--8-8-8-8-8-9-6-6-8-9-I----------8-------------------------------|
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School Friends

Verse 1:
G                                    Em        G        Em
There was a girl who lived in London town.
G                                 Em                   G      Em
The scenes and sounds, they would only bring her down
C                                   D
She had polkadots and rubies in her dreams,
C                   D
French fantasies on cinema screens...
        C             G/B    Am     G
And she knew from the finish to the start
C      G/B      Am   G
It was bound to fall apart
C         G/B     Am   Em
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.
Em                                D
Wouldn't it be sweet if she could die from a broken heart?

G     Em      G      Em

Verse 2: (the same chords)
There was a boy who lived inside his head.
He couldn't face the world, so he turned his back instead.
He couldn't see in front of his eyes;
His fantasies of outlaws had him hypnotised...

And he knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                        F
Wouldn't it be sweet if he could die from a broken heart?

   C              G           F
Behold his golden wings
       C              G         F
And behold his bronze bow.
                 C             G         F
Can you hear his silver arrows sing?
       C               G     
As his gaylied favours glow.

(then go back to the normal verse bit)

There was a boy and girl who fell in love:
They both were in love with the stars and sky above,
Cinderella, cigarettes and scenes from the past
Were chasing them too fast for this love to ever last...

And they knew from the finish to the start
It was bound to fall apart
Thanks to Cupid's lazy dart.                         F
Wouldn't it be sweet if they could die from a broken heart? 

C   G    F    C    G

Repeat F  C  G until the end. End on G.

Arrows Of Eros

Am      C              F              C
I had a dream, we were sipping whisky neat
        F              C                 G
Highest floor, the Bowery, and nowhere’s high enough
    Am              C                F             C
Somewhere along the lines, we stopped seeing eye to eye
         F               C           G
You were staying out all night and I had enough


      F           Am             F                    C       
No, I don't wanna know where you been or where you're goin’
      F               Am                 G
But I know I won't be home and you'll be on your own


            F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
            F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am        C              G         F   
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F         C              Am        G
Ow-ow, ah-ah the Bowery, ow-ow, ah-ah whiskey neat
F           C       G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)


Am  C  Am       C              F           C
       I had a dream, we were back to seventeen
       F                   C            G
Summer nights and the Libertines, never growing up
Am             C          F                 C
I'll take with me the polaroids and the memories
        F              C                G
But you know I'm gonna leave behind the worst of us


             F                    C                G
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning?
             F                 C                 G
Who's gonna rock you when the sun won't let you sleep?
             F                C               G         E7   Am
Who's waking up to drive you home when you're drunk and all alone?
             F                    C                G               
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning

         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
         F      C     G  E7  Am
It ain’t me, no-o, no-o
             F                    C                G                
Who's gonna walk you through the dark side of the morning, it ain’t me


Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F      C           Am     G
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
F           C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

Am     C           G      F   
Ow-ow, the Bowery, ow-ow, the whiskey neat
Am          C       G         G
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I (it ain’t me)

F            C           Am           G
No no, no no no, Bowery, no no, no no no, whiskey neat
F           C       G                     Am
Where y’go, I’m so, grateful, I, it ain’t me

It Ain't Me

Am
There's a sadness all around us
          F                         C
There are words we're too afraid to say
                                        Am
The things that I thought would last forever
    F              G
Are changing every day

          Am
There's a hunger can't be satisfied
        F                       C
And the streets are filled with rage
C                       Am
It's time to dig deep inside ourselves
F                       G
And face the life we've made

Am
It's gonna take two of us
C                           Am
Ijust can't do it all on my own
F				  C
I see the day gettin' brighter
G                    F
Hold me a little bit tighter

C                      Am      F
Out of the darkness in hand in hand
     Am               F        G
Baby together we will make our stand
C                             Am      F
Reach out and touch me we can win somehow
       Am              F                G
I know there's nothing that can stop us now
F              Am                 G   C
Oh, baby, come with me out of the darkness

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Daughters

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