VERSE 1:
[B] If I mistreat you girl [E], I sure don't mean no [B] harm
[B] If I mistreat you girl [E], I sure don't mean no [B] harm
Well, I'm a [F7] motherless child; I don't know right from [B] wrong

VERSE 2:
[B] Please tell me pretty mama [E], honey where'd you stay last [B] night?
[B] Please tell me pretty mama [E], honey where'd you stay last [B] night?
Well, you [F7] didn't come home till the sun was shining [B] bright

VERSE 3:
[B] I had to go so far girl [E], to get my ham bones [B] boiled
[B] Had to go so far girl [E], to get my ham bones [B] boiled
Well, he's [F7] had a lotta women, gonna let my ham bones [B] burn

VERSE 4:
[B] Well, I did more for you, girl [E], than your daddy ever [B] done
[B] Well, I did more for you, girl [E], than your daddy ever [B] done
[B] Well, I [F7] give you my jelly, he ain't give you [B] none

VERSE 5:
[B] And when you see two women [E], always running hand in [B] hand
[B] When you see two women [E], always running hand in [B] hand
You can [F7] bet your bottom dollar, one got the other one a [B] man

VERSE 6:
[B] Lord, I'm going to the river [E], get me a tangled rocking [B] chair
[B] I'm going to the river [E], get me a tangled rocking [B] chair
And if the [F7] blues overtake me, gonna rock away from [B] here