Eric Clapton - Motherless children

Solo on Verse

^A Motherless children have a ^D hard time when ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} Motherless children have a ^D hard time when ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} They don't have any^Ewhere to go; ^D Wandering around from ^F door to door. ^A Nobody treats you like a ^D mother will when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^D

^A Father will do the ^D best he can when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} Father will do the ^D best he can when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} Father will do the ^E best he can; ^D So many things a father ^F can't understand. ^A Nobody treats you like a ^D mother will when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^D

Solo on Verse

^A Sister will do the ^D best she can when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} Sister will do the ^D best she can when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^{D A} Sister will do the ^E best she can; ^D So many things a sister ^F can't understand. ^A Nobody treats you like a ^D mother will when your ^A mother is dead, lord. ^D

When your ^A mother is dead, ^D when your ^A mother is dead. ^D When your ^A mother is dead, Lord, ^D when your ^A mother is dead. ^D When your ^A mother is dead, ^D when your ^A mother is dead. ^D When your ^A mother is dead, ^D when your ^A mother is dead. ^D When your ^A mother is dead, Lord, ^D when your ^A mother is dead. ^D