Motherless Children

Intro: B B B 
(add 1/2 a B) 
B (this time only) E7 E7 B B B 
If I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm 
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If I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm 
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Well Im a motherless child who dont know right from wrong. 
 
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Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night 
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Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night 
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Well you didnt come home til the sun was shining bright. 
 
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I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled 
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I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled 
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Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn. 
 
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Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done 
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Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done 
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Well I give you my jelly, he aint give you none. 
 
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And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand 
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And you see two women always running hand in hand 
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You can bet your bottom dollar one 
 
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Well Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair 
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Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair 
F#7 F#7 B 
And if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there 
 
End: E7 F#7 E7 B