Intro:  
G#5  C#5  F#5  E5  x 2 
 
C#5       F#5 
Oh she knows 
       B5 
She takes his hand 
G5 
And prays the child will understand 
C#5            F#5             B5 
At the door they watch the men go by 
G#5 
In the clothes that daddy wore 
A5 
Mother's pride 
F#5 
Baby boy 
B5 
His fathers eyes 
G#5                        A5 
He's a soldier waiting for war 
F#5 
Time will come 
 
He'll hold a gun 
 
His father's son 
 

G#5  C#5  F#5  E5  x 2 
 
C#5         F#5 
  And as he grows 
B5 
He hears the band 
G#5 
Takes the step from boy to man 
C#5                  F#5              B5 
And at the shore she waves her son goodbye 
G#5 
Like the man she did before 
A5 
Mother's pride 
F#5 
Just a boy 
B5 
His country's eyes 
G#5                     A5 
He's a soldier waving at the shore 
F#5 
And in her heart the time has come 

To lose a son 

 
C#5                                  F#5 
And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone 
B5 
They make no difference 
G#5 
No difference in the end 
C#5                  F#5                   B5 
Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero 
G#5 
In the name of God and name 
A5 
Mother's pride 
F#5 
Crazy boy 
B5 
His lifeless eyes 
G#5                        A5 
He's a soldier now forevermore 
F#5 
He'll hold a gun 'till kingdom come