The Kinks - Some Mother's Son: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Some Mother's Son" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. 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.

Learn Some Mother's Son Guitar Chords and Lyrics by The Kinks

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Some Mother's Son" smoothly on your guitar.

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

      A#       F             A#
Some mother's son lies in a field
D7                               Gm  F  D# A#/D
Someone has killed some mother's son today
Cm                F              A#
Head blown up by some soldier's gun
D              A                 D7
While all the mothers stand and wait
F#            F#7               Bm   A G
Some mother's son ain't coming home today
A#            C                 D
Some mothers son ain't got no grave

Two soldiers fighting in a trench
One soldier glances up to see the sun
And dreams of games he played when he was young
And then his friend calls out his name
It stops his dreams and as he turns his head
A second later he is dead

Some mother's son lies in a field
Back home they put his picture in a frame
But all dead soldiers look the same
While all the parents stand and wait
To meet their children coming home from school
Some mother's son is lying dead

      G                 D
Somewhere someone is crying
             A               D
Someone is trying to be so brave
     A#                    F
But still the world keeps turning
                 C                  F F7
Though all the children have gone away

Some mother's son lies in a field
But in his mother's eyes he looks the same
As on the day he went away
They put his picture on the wall
They put the flowers in the picture frame
Some mother's memory remains


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

A

Guitar chord A

A#

Guitar chord A#

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

C

Guitar chord C

Cm

Guitar chord Cm

D

Guitar chord D

D7

Guitar chord D7

D#

Guitar chord D#

F

Guitar chord F

F7

Guitar chord F7

F#

Guitar chord F#

F#7

Guitar chord F#7

G

Guitar chord G

Gm

Guitar chord Gm

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 "Some Mother's Son" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Some Mother's Son" by The Kinks.

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