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Laura Marling – Song For Our Daughter Piano & Ukulele Chord Progression and Tab

ChordsDbGbFmBAbEbmEbm7Ab7

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This is the chords of Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar and Keyboard.

[Intro]
Db Gb (x2)

[Verse 1]
Db                                               Gb
Though they may want you to tread in their trail
Db                                           Gb
Only to see if the path they set fails
Db                                                                       Gb
Though they may want you to take off your clothes
Db                                                         Gb
Whatever they think that the action exposed

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[Bridge]
Db               Fm               B        Gb
With your clothes on the floor
Db               Ab               B               Gb
Taking advice from some old balding bore
Db               Fm                               B               Gb
You’ll ask yourself, “Did I want this at all?”

[Chorus]
Ebm               Ebm7               Ab
Do you remember what I said?
Emb           Ebm7               Ab
The book I left by your bed
Ebm   Ebm7 Ab Db Ab Ab7
The words that some survivor read

[Verse 2]
Db                                                                     Gb
Lately I’ve been thinking about our daughter growing old
Db                                           Gb
All of the bullshit that she might be told

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[Bridge]
Db        Fm    B        Gb
There’s blood on the floor
Db          Ab                    B                Gb
Maybe now you’ll believe her for sure

[Chorus]
Ebm7                             Ab
She remembers what I said
Ebm7                             Ab
The book I left by her bed
Ebm               Ebm7               Ab
The words that some survivor read

[Verse 3]
Db                                                           Gb
Though they may take you for all you had left
Db                                                                       Gb
You won’t be forgotten for what you had not done yet
Ab7                             Ab
So you wished for a kiss from God
Ab7               Ab               Ab7               Gb
And you mourned in your childish loss
Ab               Ab7                             Ab
Innocence gone but it’s not forgot
B                             Gb               Db
You’ll get your way through it somehow

[Chorus]
Ebm7       Ab7               Ab
You remember what I said
Ebm7                             Ab7
The book you left by your bed
Ebm7 Ab7 Ab Ab7
The words that will outlive the dead

[Outro]
Db               Gb (x2)
Ebm Ebm7 Ab Ab7 (x2)

How to play Song For Our Daughter: key, chords and progression

To play Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling, think in D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭). It takes 9 chords: Db, Gb, Fm, B, Ab, Ebm, Ebm7, Emb and Ab7.

Listen for Gb – Db – Fm – B (IV – I – iii – ♭VII in D♭ major): the song comes back to it again and again. Once these 4 changes are comfortable, most of the song is done.

Easier on guitar: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, F, Em, Bb, G, Dm, Dm7, Ebm, G7 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 11% without a capo). It sounds exactly the same.

Chord diagrams

Db chord on guitar (x46664)
D♭D♭ F A♭
Gb chord on guitar (244322)
G♭G♭ B♭ D♭
Fm chord on guitar (133111)
FmF A♭ C
B chord on guitar (x24442)
BB D♯ F♯
Ab chord on guitar (466544)
A♭A♭ C E♭
Ebm chord on guitar (x68876)
E♭mE♭ G♭ B♭
Ebm7 chord on guitar (x68676)
E♭m7E♭ G♭ B♭ D♭
Em chord on guitar (022000)
EmE G B
Ab7 chord on guitar (464544)
A♭7A♭ C E♭ G♭

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Song For Our Daughter chords: questions

What key is Song For Our Daughter in?

Song For Our Daughter by Laura Marling is in the key of D♭ major (five flats: B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭).

What chords are in Song For Our Daughter?

Song For Our Daughter uses 9 chords: Db, Gb, Fm, B, Ab, Ebm, Ebm7, Emb, Ab7.

What is the chord progression of Song For Our Daughter?

The main progression is Gb – Db – Fm – B (IV – I – iii – ♭VII).

Is Song For Our Daughter easy to play on guitar?

Yes, with a capo: put a capo on the 1st fret and play the shapes C, F, Em, Bb, G, Dm, Dm7, Ebm, G7 (67% of the chords become easy open shapes, against 11% without a capo).

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