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Monday, 14 May 2012

Motherless Child By Eric Clapton

Intro: B B B
         (add 1/2 a B)
   B     (this time only) E7    E7                 B  B  B
If I mistreat you girl,   I sure don t mean no harm
        B              E7    E7                 B  B  B
If I mistreat you girl,   I sure don t mean no harm
            F#7                 F#7                    B  B  B
Well I m a motherless child who don t know right from wrong.

       B                  E7  E7                          B  B  B
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where d you stay last night
        B                  E7   E7                       B  B  B
Please tell me pretty mama, honey where d you stay last night
         F#7                    F#7                 B  B  B
Well you didn t come home til the sun was shining bright.

          B            E7  E7            B  B  B
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
B                      E7  E7                B  B  B
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
         F#7       F#7          B  B  B
Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn.

       B                  E7 E7                   B  B  B
Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
       B                  E7  E7                   B  B  B
Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
       F#7             F#7 F#7               B  B  B
Well I give you my jelly, he ain t give you none.

             B            E7 E7                   B  B  B
And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand
        B            E7 E7                     B  B  B
And you see two women always running hand in hand
        F#7               F#7   F#7      B  B  B
You can bet your bottom dollar one

          B               E7 E7                       B  B  B
Well I m goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair
     B               E7 E7                         B  B  B
I m goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair
           F#7                     F#7              B
And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there

End: E7 F#7 E7 B


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