Motherless child

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