Motherless child

Eric Clapton

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Motherless Child
Eric Clapton

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 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

Zo speel je dit nummer

Leer de akkoorden van Motherless child van Eric Clapton op je gitaar. Dit bluesklassieker uit 1994 van het album From the Cradle staat bekend om zijn doordringende emotie en authentieke bluesklanken. Op Gitaartabs vind je alle akkoorden die je nodig hebt om dit stuk meteen goed te spelen.

Motherless child is perfect voor je als je net begint met gitaar: het ligt op beginner-niveau en maakt gebruik van drie centrale akkoorden: B, E7 en F#7. Met deze basisakkoorden in je vingers ben je al een heel eind. Pak je gitaar erbij en werk dit bluesnummer stap voor stap uit.

How to practise this song

1
Practise the barre chord B
B is a barre chord. Lay your index finger flat across all strings and press firmly; practise it on its own until every string rings clearly before you use it in the song.
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Practise the change: B ↔ E7
Play each chord for 4 beats, then 2, then 1 — with the metronome at 60-70 bpm. Only push the tempo once the change is clean and on time.
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3
Great first song
Focus on clean chords — let every string ring. Speed comes by itself once the shapes are right.