Motherless Child Blues

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[B]If I mistreat you gi[E/B]rl, I sure don't mean [B]no harm.
[B]If I mistreat you girl, I sure don't mean [B]no harm.
[B]Well, I'm[F#7] a motherless child; I don't know right fr[B]om wrong.

[B]Please tell me pretty ma[E/B]ma, honey where'd you stay la[B]st night?
[B]Please tell me pretty mama, honey where'd you stay la[B]st night?
[B]Well, y[F#7]ou didn't come home till the sun was shini[B]ng bright.

[B]I had to go so f[E/B]ar girl to get my ham bon[B]es boiled.
[B]Had to go so far girl to get my ham bones[B] boiled.
[B]Well, he[F#7]'s had a lotto women, gonna let my ham bon[B]es burn.

[B]Well, I did more for yo[E/B]u, girl, than your Daddy ev[B]er done.
[B]Well, I did more for you, girl, than your Daddy ev[B]er done.
[B]Well,[F#7] I give you my jelly, he ain't give y[B]ou none.

[B]And when you see two wo[E/B]men, always running hand in[B] hand.
[B]When you see two wo-men, always running hand [B]in hand.
[B]You c[F#7]an bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one[B]'s man.

[B]Lord, I'm going to the [E/B]ri-ver, get me a tangled rocking[B] chair.
[B]I'm going to the river, get me a tangled rocki[B]ng chair.
[B]And if t[F#7]he blues overtake me, gonna rock away fr[B]om here.

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