Eric Clapton – Motherless Child (Ukulele)
Key
-
Versions
(5)
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
Riff 1
B
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
A/6---------------/6---------------/6---------------|
E|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|
C|----8-6---8-----|----8-6---8-----|----8-6---8-----|
g|----------------|----------------|----------------|Riff 2
B E 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + A/6---------------/6---------------/6---------------|----------------|7-----7 E|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|7---------------|4-----4 C|----8-6---8-----|----8-6---8-----|----8-6---8-----|----9---8---7---|4-----4 g|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|------- (link to next subdominant) Riff 3 B 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A/6---------------/6---------------|----------------| E|--7---------7---|--7---------7---|----------------|7 C|----8-6---8-----|----8-6---8-----|--8---8-6---8---|6 g|----------------|----------------|----------------| (Coda) (second player) Bb 4-3-2-2 8-6-7-6 E 4-4-4-7 9-8-7-7 F#7 3-4-2-4 6-6-6-7
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[Intro]
| B | % | % |
[Verse 1]
6/4
| B | E | B | % | % | If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm (riff 1) B E | B | % | % | If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean no harm (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | % | Well I'm a motherless child who don't know right from wrong (riff 1)
[Verse 2]
B E | B | % | % | Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night (riff 1) B E | B | % | % | Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay last night (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | % | Well you didn't come home til the sun was shining bright (riff 2)
[Verse 3]
B E | B | % | % | I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled (riff 2) B E | B | % | % | I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | % | Well these Atalanta women gonna let my ham bone spoil (riff 2)
[Verse 4]
B E | B | % | % | Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done (riff 2) B E | B | % | % | Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | % | Well I give you my jelly, he ain't give you none (riff 2)
[Verse 5]
B E | B | % | % | And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand (riff 2) B E | B | % | % | And you see two women always running hand in hand (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | % | You can bet your bottom dollar one got the other one's man (riff 2)
[Verse 6]
B E | B | % | % | Well I'm goin to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair (riff 2) B E | B | % | % | I'm goin to the river, get me a tangled rocking chair (riff 1) F#7 | B | % | And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there (riff 3)
[Coda]
B B6 B B6 B 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + A|2-2---2-2---2---|2 E|2-4---4-2---4---|2 C|3-3---3-3---3---|3 g|4-4---4-4---4---|4