Intro:GCG (x3)
Verse: 1CGDG
There's a place in the city they call the Archway
CGAD
Where we rented three rooms for a dollar a day
CGDG
And I worked semi-skilled at the capstans for years
CGDGG
And my wife was a good woman but the love disappeared
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGAD
When a marriage goes down they're the loneliest ones
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGDGG
How I hope they can cope, with the damage I've done
Verse: 2CGDG
I found me a band, I went out on tour
CGAD
So the kids wouldn't know, I was with them no more
CGDG
When they said, 'Where's me dad?' She'd say, 'He's a star!'
CGDGG
Oh, if only stars knew what fools they all are
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGAD
When a marriage goes down they're the loneliest ones
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGDGG
How I hope they can cope, with the damage I've done
Verse: 3CGDG
I got a new contract, I got a new life
CGAD
No more capstans for me, and I've got a new wife
CGDG
Sometimes she gets angry, says she wants a family
CGDGG
Then that nightmare returns, like a ghost haunting me
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGAD
When a marriage breaks up you're the loneliest ones
CGDG
Sons and Daughters, Daughters and Sons
CGDGGCG
How I hope you all cope, with the damage we done