Tom Jones – Motherless Child (Guitar Intro)

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Key(s): Am, Bbm, Bm Tempo: 93 bpm [Intro] Am F#m7-5 Fmaj7 Am F#m7-5 Fmaj7 [Verse 1]
    Am       F#m7-5 Fmaj7    Am                  F#m7-5 Fmaj7
Sometimes I feel              like a motherless child

    Dm       Dm         Am          F#m7-5 Fmaj7
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

    Am       Am/G#      Am/G        Am/F#
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child

  Fmaj7      E7        Fmaj7  E7
A long, long way from home

  Fmaj7      E7  Am    Am
A long, long way from home
[Verse 2]
    Am       Am            Am     Am
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone

     Dm      Dm            Am     Am
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone

Am           AmMaj7       Am7     Am6
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone

       Fmaj7   E7         E7  Am
And I know my time's not long

   Fmaj7        E7         Am      F7
I know that my time;  it's not long
[Verse 3]
    Bbm      BbmMaj7      Bbm7     Bbm6
Sometimes I feel like I'm heaven bound

      Ebm    Ebm          Bbm      Bbm
Sometimes I feel like I'm heaven bound

    Bbm      BbmMaj7      Bbm7     Bbm6
Sometimes I feel like I'm heaven bound

       Gbmaj7  Bbm   Gm7-5 Gbmaj7  F7
And I wear a golden crown

Gbmaj7         F7
And I wear a golden crown
[Instrumental] Bbm Bbm x2 Bbm F#7 [Verse 4]
    Bm       BmMaj7      Bm7         Bm6
Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire

      Em     C#m7-5      C#m7-5      Bm
Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire

Bm           BmMaj7      Bm7         Bm6
Sometimes I feel like my soul is on fire

     G7    F#7     G#m7-5 G7  F#7
And I'm  about to die

     Gmaj7 F#7    Bm  Bm
And I'm  about to die

Bm  Bm
     I'm about to die
[Outro]
Bm  Bm/A#           Bm/A  Bm/G#
      I'm about to die;     I'm about to die

Bm  Bm/A#           Bm/A  Bm/G#
      I'm about to die;     I'm about to die

Bm  Bm/A#                      Bm/A  Bm/G#
   I ain't got nobody to love me;   I ain't got nobody to hold me

Bm  Bm/A#                         Bm/A            Bm/G#
   I ain't got nobody to squeeze me;  I'm just a motherless child

Bm                Bm/A#      Bm/A  Bm/G#
 I'm just like a motherless child

Bm  Bm/A#    Bm/A  Bm/G#
     No, oh, no...