{title: Daughters} {artist: John Mayer} {time: 3/4} {tempo: 125} {key: D} {meta: author Frans-Willem Post, 2026-05-06} {start_of_part: Intro} [Bm7] [Em7] [G6/A] [D6] [Bm7] [Em7] [G6/A] [D6] {start_of_verse: Verse 1} [Bm7]I know a [Em7]girl, she puts the [G6/A]color inside of my [D6]world [Bm7]She's just like a [Em7]maze, where all of the [G6/A]walls all continually [D6]change {start_of_verse: Verse 2} And [Bm7]I've done all I [Em7]can, to stand on her [G6/A]steps with my heart in my [D6]hands Now [Bm7]I'm starting to [Em7]see, maybe it's got [G6/A]nothing to do with [D]me {start_of_chorus: Chorus 1} [Bm7]Fathers be [E7]good to your [G6/A]daugh[D6]ters [Bm7]Daughters will [E7]love like you [G6/A]do [D6] [Bm7]Girls become [E7]lovers who [G6/A]turn into [D6]mothers So [Bm7]mothers be [E7]good to your [G6/A]daughters [D6]too {start_of_part: Link} [Bm7] [Em7] [G6/A] [D6] {end_of_part} {start_of_verse: Verse 3} [Bm7]Oh, you see that [Em7]skin? It's the [G6/A]same she's been standing [D6]in Since the [Bm7]day she saw him [Em7]walking away, now she's [G6/A]left cleaning up the mess he [D6]made {end_of_verse} {chorus: Chorus 2} {start_of_part: Bridge} [Am/D] Boys, [Gm6/D] you can [D]break You'll [DM9]find out how much they can [Bm11]take Boys will be [Em11]strong, and boys soldier [DM9/F#]on But boys would be [Gm9]gone without warmth from a [A7]woman's good, good [Bm7]heart {end_of_part} {start_of_part: Link} [Bm7] [E7] [G6/A] [D6] [Bm7] [E7] [G6/A] [D6] On behalf of [Bm7]every man, [E7] looking out for [G6/A]every girl, [D6]you are the [Bm7]Guide and the [E7]weight of her [G6/A]world [D6] {end_of_part} {chorus: Chorus 3} {start_of_part: Outtro} So [Bm7]mothers be [E7]good to your [G6/A]daughters [D6]too So [Bm7]mothers be [E7]good to your [G6/A]daughters [D6]too {end_of_part}