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

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

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

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

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

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

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