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