Intro: 4 bars of arpeggios on Bb then, over 4 bars, Bb F  Bb



     Bb       F             Bb

Some mother's son lies in a field

D7                               Gm  F  Eb  Eb/D

Someone has killed some mother's son today

Cm               F              Bb

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

Bb           C                D

Some mothers son ain't got no grave



Bb           F             Bb

Two soldiers fighting in a trench

D7                        Gm  F   Eb  Eb/D

One soldier glances up to see the sun

Cm            F                    Bb F   Eb

And dreams of games he played when he was young

D              A                  D7

And then his friend calls out his name

F#            F#7            Bm    A   G

It stops his dream and as he turns his head

  Bb     C           D

A second later he is dead           (2 bars of D)



Bb            F             Bb

Some mother's son lies in a field

D7                             Gm F Eb   Eb/D

Back home they put his picture in a frame

Cm           F                 Bb   F   Eb

But all dead soldiers look the same

D             A                  D7

While all the parents stand and wait

F#            F#7             Bm   A    G

To meet their children coming home from school

Bb            C            D

Some mother's son is lying dead



    G                D

Somewhere someone is crying

           A               D

Someone is trying to be so brave

    Bb                      F

But still the world keeps turning

                C                 F     F7

Though all the children have gone away





Bb            F             Bb

Some mother's son lies in a field

D7                             Gm F Eb   Eb/D 

But in his mother's eyes he looks the same

Cm           F                 Bb   F   Eb 

As on the day he went away

D             A                  D7

They put his picture on the wall

F#            F#7             Bm   A    G

They put flowers in the picture frame

Bb            C            D 

Some mothers memory remains



Albums this song can be found on: Arthur