George Michael (born Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou on June 25, 1963 in East Finchley, London, England died on December 25, 2016 in Goring Oxfordshire, England) was an English pop musician of English/Greek Cypriot ancestry. Michael began his career by forming a band called The Executive together with his best friend Andrew Ridgeley, a fellow pupil at Bushey Meads School, though it did not survive for long.
It wasn't until he formed the duo Wham!, working together again with Ridgeley, in 1981 that he achieved success.
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This is a much easier version… the only tough chord is B, and I typically play it in the position, muting the top string (too tinny).
To match George Michael’s studio version, tune your guitar down a half note.
Gsus4: E |---|---|-4-|--------| B |---|---|-3-|--------| G 0---|---|---|--------| D 0---|---|---|--------| A |---|---|-1-|--------| (make sure you hear this C note) E |---|---|-2-| ----|
[Intro] -
Am e:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| R B:-----0-------0---|-----0-------0-|---0-1-----0-1---|---0-1-------0---| E G:---2-------2-----|---2-------2---|-0-----0-0-----0-|-----------2-----| P D:-2-----2-2-----2-|-3-----3-3-----|-----------------|-3-----3-3-------| E A:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| A E:-----------------|---------------|-----------------|-----------------| T
DmG Oh she knows C She takes his hand Am And prays the child will understand DmGC At the door they watch the men go by Am In the clothes that daddy wore Bb Mother’s pride G Baby boy C His father’s eyes AmBb He’s a soldier waiting for a war G Time will come Gsus4 He’ll hold a gun G His father’s son
-repeat intro-
DmG And as he grows C He hears the band Am Takes the step from boy to man DmGC At the shore she waves her son goodbye Am Like the man she did before Bb Mother’s pride G Just a boy C His country’s eyes AmBb He’s a soldier waving at the shore G And in her heart Gsus4 the time has come G To lose a son
-repeat intro-
DmG And all the husbands, all the sons, all the lovers gone C They make no difference Am No difference in the end DmGC Still hear the woman say your daddy died a hero Am In the name of God and man Bb Mother’s pride G Crazy boy C His lifeless eyes AmBb He’s a soldier now forevermore GGsus4G He’ll hold a gun ‘till kingdom come