Motherless child

    B             E7           F#7
E|--7--| |--7--|       |--0--| 
B|--7--| |--5--|       |--7--| 
G|--0--| |--0--|       |--6--| 
D|--0--| |--6--|       |--0--| 
A|--6--| |--7--|       |--x--| 
E|--7--| |--x--|       |--x--| 

  Sometimes B is played like this, except first B of the verse:
    B
E|--7-7-7-7---7-7--| 
B|--7-7-7-7---7-7--| 
G|--0-0-0-0---0-0--| 
D|--0-0-6-0---0-0--| 
A|--6-0-0-0---0-6--| 
E|--7-7-7-7---7-7--| 

[Intro]

B B B

[Verse 1]

         (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
        B              E7    E7                 B  B  B
If I mistreat you girl,   I sure dont mean no harm
            F#7                 F#7                    B  B  B
Well Im a motherless child who dont know right from wrong.

[Verse 2]

       B                  E7  E7                          B  B  B
Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night
        B                  E7   E7                       B  B  B
Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night
         F#7                    F#7                 B  B  B
Well you didnt come home til the sun was shining bright.

[Verse 3]

          B            E7  E7            B  B  B
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
B                      E7  E7                B  B  B
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
         F#7       F#7          B  B  B
Well these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn.

[Verse 4]

       B                  E7 E7                   B  B  B
Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
       B                  E7  E7                   B  B  B
Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
       F#7             F#7 F#7               B  B  B
Well I give you my jelly, he aint give you none.

[Verse 5]

             B            E7 E7                   B  B  B
And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand
        B            E7 E7                     B  B  B
And you see two women always running hand in hand
        F#7               F#7   F#7                    B  B  B
You can bet your bottom dollar one got the other one's man.

[Verse 6]

          B               E7 E7                       B  B  B
Well Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair
     B               E7 E7                         B  B  B
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

• B
• E7
• F#7