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Motherless Child Blues

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Tuning: Open G (DGDGBD)
Capo  : Fourth Fret
Tempo:  Accelerando
Chords:
                  F#BF#BD#F#
   B/F#: ======== 000000
    E/B: ======== 999999
    F#7: ======== XX0214
Verse 1:
B/F#If I mistreat you girl, E/BI sure don't mean no B/F#harm.
B/F#If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no B/F#harm.
B/F#Well, I'm a F#7motherless child; I don't know right from B/F#wrong.
Verse 2:
B/F#Please tell me pretty mama, E/Bhoney where'd you stay last B/F#night?
B/F#Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last B/F#night?
B/F#Well, you F#7didn't come home till the sun was shining B/F#bright.
Verse 3:
B/F#I had to go so far E/Bgirl to get my ham bones B/F#boiled.
B/F#Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boB/F#iled.
B/F#Well, he's F#7had a lotto women, gonna let my ham bones B/F#burn.
Verse 4:
B/F#Well, I did more for you, E/Bgirl, than your Daddy ever B/F#done.
B/F#Well, I did more for you, girl, than your Daddy ever B/F#done.
B/F#Well, I F#7give you my jelly, he ain't give you B/F#none.
Verse 5:
B/F#And when you see two womenE/B, always running hand in haB/F#nd.
B/F#When you see two wo-men, always running hand in B/F#hand.
B/F#You can F#7bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's B/F#man.
Verse 6:
B/F#Lord, I'm going to the ri-E/Bver, get me a tangled rocking chB/F#air.
B/F#I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking B/F#chair.
B/F#And if the F#7blues overtake me, gonna rock away from B/F#here.
End

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Motherless Child Blues

by Robert Hicks

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 4 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

B/F#

E/B

F#7

Tuning: Open G (DGDGBD)

Capo : Fourth Fret

Tempo: Accelerando

Chords:

F#BF#BD#F#

B/F#

: ======== 000000

E/B

: ======== 999999

F#7

: ======== XX0214

Verse 1:

B/F# E/B B/F#

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm.

B/F# B/F#

If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm.

B/F# F#7 B/F#

Well, I'm a motherless child; I don't know right from wrong.

Verse 2:

B/F# E/B B/F#

Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?

B/F# B/F#

Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night?

B/F# F#7 B/F#

Well, you didn't come home till the sun was shining bright.

Verse 3:

B/F# E/B B/F#

I had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled.

B/F# B/F#

Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones boiled.

B/F# F#7 B/F#

Well, he's had a lotto women, gonna let my ham bones burn.

Verse 4:

B/F# E/B B/F#

Well, I did more for you, girl, than your Daddy ever done.

B/F# B/F#

Well, I did more for you, girl, than your Daddy ever done.

B/F# F#7 B/F#

Well, I give you my jelly, he ain't give you none.

Verse 5:

B/F# E/B B/F#

And when you see two women, always running hand in hand.

B/F# B/F#

When you see two wo-men, always running hand in hand.

B/F# F#7 B/F#

You can bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one's man.

Verse 6:

B/F# E/B B/F#

Lord, I'm going to the ri-ver, get me a tangled rocking chair.

B/F# B/F#

I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair.

B/F# F#7 B/F#

And if the blues overtake me, gonna rock away from here.

End

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