Motherless Child ! (Eric Clapton) ! This version is a lot more complete ! than the one you've got right now: ! 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 is played like this, except first 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: ! (add 1/2 a ) ! (this time only) 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: |
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