That ain’t no way to get along
Eric Clapton
Standard E tuning Moderately fast tempo
Intro: 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 E
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
A7 E
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for me to get along
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 E
The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong
A7 E
The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for him to get along
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 E
My old heart was made of rock of stone
A7 E
My old heart was made of rock of stone
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for me to get along
(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 E
Stood on the road side cried all by my self
A7 E
I stood on the road side cried all by my self
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for me to get along
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 E
Train come along and take me away from here
A7 E
Train come along and take me away from here
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for me to get along
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(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)
A A# B7 E
And that’s no way for me to get along
A A# B7 E (End on single E strum)
And that’s no way for me to get along
