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 [A7] 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 [A7] 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 [A7] 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 [A7] 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 [A7] 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 [A7] blues overtake me, gonna rock away from [D#] here