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That's No Way to Get Along

Eric Clapton
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Chords in this song

Strum
D-DU-UDU
Well  I’m goin’ home (well I’m going home)
Friends  sit down (friends sit down)
And  tell Ma (and tell ma)
My  Mamma (my Mamma)
Friends  sit down tell my Ma
I’m  going home sit down and tell my Ma
I’m  going home sit down and tell my Ma
 And that’s  no way  for me  to get along
Cos’  these low down (these low down)
Women  Mama (women Mamma)
They  treated your (treated your)
Your  poor son wrong (poor son wrong)
A  Mamma treated me wrong
The  low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong
The  low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong
 And that’s  no way  for him  to get along
They  treated me (they treated me)
Like  my poor heart (like my poor heart)
Was  made of (was made of)
Of  rock of stone (of rock of stone)
I’m  a made of rock of stone
My  old heart was made of rock of stone
My  old heart was made of rock of stone
 And that’s  no way  for me  to get along
 (Guitar lead over verse 1 chords)
I’m  stood on (well I’m stood on)
The  road side (the road side)
And  I cried alone (I cried alone)
All  by myself (all by my self)
Cried  alone all by my self
Stood  on the road side cried all by my self
I  stood on the road side cried all by my self
 And that’s  no way  for me  to get along
I  just want some (I just want some)
Train  to come along (come along)
And  take me
And  friends away from here
Friends  take me away from here
Train  come along and take me away from here
Train  come along and take me away from here
 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)
 And that’s  no way  for me  to get along
   (End on single  strum)
 And that’s no way for me to get along

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Readable chord sheet for That's No Way to Get Along by Eric Clapton

[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]I’m going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
[A7]I’m going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get alo[E]ng

[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]The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so w[E]rong
[A7]The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wr[E]ong
And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for h[B7]im to get al[E]ong

[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]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
[A7]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong

(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]Stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
[A7]I stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong

[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]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
[A7]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong

(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)

And t[A]hat’s no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
     [A]         [A#]     [B7]          [E]         (End on single [E] strum)
And that’s no way for me to get along

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