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