Jan102022

Casper McWade – The Forgotten Son Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsD G A B

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[Intro]
D   G   A   D

[Verse]
D
He lost his mumma to
      G                    D D
the drugs When He was young
            G
Though His Mum's not dead
 A                   D D
but her heart is gone
     G              A
I wonder what He thinks of her
         D                  G G
As the time keeps rolling on
    D              A
I wonder does he feel
              D      D
like the forgotten son
       D              G
Well Daddy is a guitar man
       D             D
He's always on the Road
          G
Chasing neon dreams
  A            D D
silver and gold
     G           A
He used want to be like Him
      D               G G
when he was 12 years old
          D              A
Yeah he used to want to be
             D D
Like me I'm told

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[Chorus]
 B
His life has been like
       G          D
a bad bad dream since
                 D
the day that He was born
 B                 G
Of all the disappointment
the boy has seen
 D               D
I'm the biggest one
 B
Its hard to light
    A              G G
a Candle in A storm
 D                  A
Its hard to love a man
              D D
who's never home

Chord Break
D   G   D   D
G   A   D   D
G   A   D   G   G
D   A   D   D

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[Verse]
 D
Now my Boy is in His
       G             D D
teens and almost grown
             G
His dropped out of School
      A                 D D
and moved out on His own
         G
Lord I pray somehow you'll
  A                  G G
help me now look My kid
                D
Don't let Him take the long
      A                   D D
hard road like his Daddy Did

[Chorus]
 B
His life has been like
       G
a bad bad dream
  D                    D
since the day that He was born
 B                 G
Of all the disappointment
the boy has
      D               D
seen I'm the biggest one
 B
Its hard to light
    A              G G
a Candle in A storm
 D                  A
Its hard to love a man
              D D
who's never home

[Outro]
D   G   A   D

How to play The Forgotten Son: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for The Forgotten Son by Casper McWade on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

The Forgotten Son by Casper McWade keeps coming home to D major (two sharps: F♯, C♯). You need 4 chords: D, G, A and B.

The progression the song keeps returning to is D – G – A – D (I – IV – V – I in D major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 7th fret and play the shapes G, C, D, E (100% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 75% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.