Eric Clapton, Motherless Child (1994)
^{Key: :[A] (w: Robert "Barbecue Bob" Hicks, 1927)}

VERSE 1:
[A] If I mistreat you girl [D], I sure don't mean no [A] harm
[A] If I mistreat you girl [D], I sure don't mean no [A] harm
Well, I'm a [D#7] motherless child; I don't know right from [A] wrong

VERSE 2:
[A] Please tell me pretty mama [D], honey where'd you stay last [A] night?
[A] Please tell me pretty mama [D], honey where'd you stay last [A] night?
Well, you [D#7] didn't come home till the sun was shining [A] bright

VERSE 3:
[A] I had to go so far girl [D], to get my ham bones [A] boiled
[A] Had to go so far girl [D], to get my ham bones [A] boiled
Well, he's [D#7] had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones [A] burn

VERSE 4:
[A] Well, I did more for you, girl [D], than your daddy ever [A] done
[A] Well, I did more for you, girl [D], than your daddy ever [A] done
[A] Well, I [D#7] give you my jelly, he ain't give you [A] none

VERSE 5:
[A] And when you see two women [D], always running hand in [A] hand
[A] When you see two women [D], always running hand in [A] hand
You can [D#7] bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one a [A] man

VERSE 6:
[A] Lord, I'm going to the river [D], get me a tangled rocking [A] chair
[A] I'm going to the river [D], get me a tangled rocking [A] chair
And if the [D#7] blues overtake me, gonna rock away from [A] here