Daughter - Mothers: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Mothers" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

           G           Em
You will grow all you need
           D
to grow inside my spine
And then take what you need
to take, what's yours is mine
And then just give all you want
of it to some new thing
I'll stay here, the provider of
                                  Bm D Em
that constant sting they call love
           Bm D Em G
They call love

You will drain all you need to drain out of me
All the colors have washed away, no more rosy sheen
Not just a pale isolated shallow water place
Oh what a place I call myself
I call myself

Oh love all you need to love before it goes
When your face becomes a stranger's, I don't know
You will never remember who I was to you
Carried in the womb
I'm called mother
I'm called mother
They're called home
They're called home
They're called
They called
Mothers
Mothers

Give all you need to give and sometimes
They won't take what they need to take
The strangest chemical
Reactions inside of her brain, no she's not the same
No she's not the same
No she's not the same


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

D

Guitar chord D

Em

Guitar chord Em

G

Guitar chord G

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Mothers" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Mothers" by Daughter.