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Capo: no capo
Tuning: E A D G B E
From: [email protected]
Subject: CRD/LYR:"Motherless Child"-EC
This version is a lot more complete than the one you've got right now:
[that version originally by [email protected] (Hoke John A.)]
Motherless Child
Eric Clapton
[email protected] and others
capo at 4th fret, but notes here are in the correct key.
Sometimes B is played with only the 4 bottom strings
/ /- -/-
B E7 F#7
--7-- --7-- --0--|
--7-- --5-- --7--|
--0-- --0-- --6--|
--0-- --6-- --0--|
--6-- --7-- --x--|
--7-- --x-- --x--|
Sometimes B is played like this, except first B of the verse:
B
--7-7-7-7---7-7--|
--7-7-7-7---7-7--|
--0-0-0-0---0-0--|
--0-0-6-0---0-0--|
--6-0-0-0---0-6--|
--7-7-7-7---7-7--|
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 dont mean no harm
If I misBtreat you girl,E7 I sE7ure dont mean no haBrm B B
Well Im a moF#7therless child who dF#7ont know right from wroBng.B B
Please Btell me pretty mamaE7, hoE7ney whered you stay last nigBht B B
Please tBell me pretty mama,E7 honeE7y whered you stay last niBghtB B
Well you F#7didnt come home til theF#7 sun was shining briBghtB. B
I have to Bgo so far galE7, geE7t my ham bonesB boBileBd
BI have to go so far galE7, geE7t my ham bones boiBledB B
Well thesF#7e other loF#7tta women gonBna BletB my ham bones burn.
Now I dBid more for you galE7, tE7han your daddy ever dBoneB B
Now I dBid more for you galE7, thE7an your daddy ever doBne B B
Well I F#7give you my jellF#7y, hF#7e aint give you noBne.B B
And when you Bsee two womenE7 alE7ways runnin hand in hBandB B
And you Bsee two womenE7 alE7ways running hand in haBnd B B
You can F#7bet your bottom doF#7llar oF#7ne B B B
Well Im goBin to the river E7getE7 me a tangled rocking chaBir B B
Im goBin to the river E7getE7 me a tangled rocking chairB B B
And if the F#7blues overtake me gonna F#7rock away from thBere
End: E7 F#7 E7 B