Eric Clapton – Motherless Child (Ukulele)

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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
----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [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