Eric Clapton – Thats No Way To Get Along (Guitar)

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That ain’t no way to get along Standard E tuning Moderately fast tempo Intro: E
E
Well I’m goin’ home			(well I’m going home)

E
Friends sit down			(friends sit down)

E
And tell Ma				(and tell ma)

E
My Mamma				(my Mamma)

E
Friends sit down tell my Ma

A7			            E
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma

A7				    E
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma

     A	       A#     B7	   E
And that’s no way for me to get along

E
Cos’ these low down		(these low down)

E
Women Mama			(women Mamma)

E
They treated your			(treated your)

E
Your poor son wrong		(poor son wrong)

E
A Mamma treated me wrong

A7					        E	
The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong

A7							E
The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong

     A	       A#      B7	   E
And that’s no way for him to get along

E
They treated me			(they treated me)

E
Like my poor heart			(like my poor heart)

E
Was made of				(was made of)

E
Of rock of stone			(of rock of stone)

E
I’m a made of rock of stone

A7			           E
My old heart was made of rock of stone

A7				   E
My old heart was made of rock of stone

     A         A#     B7          E
And that’s no way for me to get along
(Guitar lead over verse 1 chords)
E
I’m stood on				(well I’m stood on)

E
The road side			(the road side)

E
And I cried alone			(I cried alone)

E
All by myself				(all by my self)

E
Cried alone all by my self

A7					E
Stood on the road side cried all by my self

A7				          E
I stood on the road side cried all by my self

     A	       A#     B7          E
And that’s no way for me to get along

E
I just want some			(I just want some)

E
Train to come along			(come along)

E
And take me

E
And friends away from here

E
Friends take me away from here

A7					E
Train come along and take me away from here

A7					E
Train come along and take me away from here

     A	       A#     B7	  E
And that’s no way for me to get along
---------------------------------------------------------------------- (The song then goes off into an instrumental jam session, really cool but ... drawn out. I use the following as an optional ending that works for a listening audience)
     A	       A#     B7	  E
And that’s no way for me to get along

     A	       A#     B7	  E         (End on single E strum)
And that’s no way for me to get along