Chords
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  

 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 
    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