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

VERSE 1:
[C#] If I mistreat you girl [F#], I sure don't mean no [C#] harm
[C#] If I mistreat you girl [F#], I sure don't mean no [C#] harm
Well, I'm a [G7] motherless child; I don't know right from [C#] wrong

VERSE 2:
[C#] Please tell me pretty mama [F#], honey where'd you stay last [C#] night?
[C#] Please tell me pretty mama [F#], honey where'd you stay last [C#] night?
Well, you [G7] didn't come home till the sun was shining [C#] bright

VERSE 3:
[C#] I had to go so far girl [F#], to get my ham bones [C#] boiled
[C#] Had to go so far girl [F#], to get my ham bones [C#] boiled
Well, he's [G7] had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones [C#] burn

VERSE 4:
[C#] Well, I did more for you, girl [F#], than your daddy ever [C#] done
[C#] Well, I did more for you, girl [F#], than your daddy ever [C#] done
[C#] Well, I [G7] give you my jelly, he ain't give you [C#] none

VERSE 5:
[C#] And when you see two women [F#], always running hand in [C#] hand
[C#] When you see two women [F#], always running hand in [C#] hand
You can [G7] bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one a [C#] man

VERSE 6:
[C#] Lord, I'm going to the river [F#], get me a tangled rocking [C#] chair
[C#] I'm going to the river [F#], get me a tangled rocking [C#] chair
And if the [G7] blues overtake me, gonna rock away from [C#] here