Motherless child

capo at 4th fret, but notes here are
 in the correct key.
Sometimes B is played with only the 
4 bottom strings

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

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

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

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

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

             B            E7 E7  
And when you see two women always
                 B  B  B
 runnin hand in hand
        B            E7 E7       
And you see two women always 
              B  B  B
running hand in hand
        F#7               F#7   
You can bet your bottom dollar 
F#7      B  B  B
one

          B               E7 E7  
Well Im goin to the river get me
                     B  B  B
 a tangled rocking chair
     B               E7 E7  
Im goin to the river get me a 
                       B  B  B
tangled rocking chair
           F#7                     
And if the blues overtake me gonna 
F#7              B
rock away from there

End: E7 F#7 E7 B