Eric Clapton – Motherless Child (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
This version is a lot more complete than the one you've got right now:
[that version originally by [email protected] (Hoke John A.)]
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Clapton uses an open tuning. This here is for standard tuning.
Capo at 4th fret, but notes here are in the correct key.
Sometimes B is played with only the 4 bottom strings
B (G) E (C) F#7 (D7) e|--3--| |--3--| |--2--| B|--0--| |--1--| |--1--| G|--0--| |--0--| |--2--| D|--0--| |--2--| |--0--| A|--x--| |--3--| |--x--| E|--3--| |--x--| |--x--|
[Intro]
B B B
[Verse 1]
(add 2 beats)
B (this time only) E B B B If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm B E B B B If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm F#7 B B B Well I'm a motherless child who don't know right from wrong.
[Verse 2]
B E B B B Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night B E E B B B Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night F#7 B B B Well you didnt come home til the sun was shining bright.
[Verse 3]
B E B B B I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled B E B B B I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled F#7 B B B Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn.
[Verse 4]
B E B B B Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done B E B B B Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done F#7 B B B Well I give you my jelly, he ain't give you none.
[Verse 5]
B E B B B And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand B E B B B And you see two women always running hand in hand F#7 B B B You can bet your bottom dollar one got the other one's man.
[Verse 6]
B E B B B Well I'm goin to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair B E B B B I'm goin to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair F#7 B And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there
[End]
B B6 B B6 B