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

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

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

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

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

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

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