Motherless Children

Intro Em (Original Key is capo on 3RD) Em Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone C Em Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone Motherless children have a hard time C D There's all that weeping and all that crying A C D Em Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone Em Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone C Em Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone Father will do the best he can C D But there's so many things he just don't understand A C D Em Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone Break - Em-C-Em-C-D-A-C-D-Em Em People say a sister will do when the mother is gone C Em People say a sister will do when the mother is gone People say a sister will do C D But she'll get married, turn her back on you A C D Em Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone Em Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone C Em Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone C D Friends will tell you what to do - Then they'll turn their back on you A C D Em Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is gone ..... repeat break