That ain’t no way to get along
Eric Clapton
Standard E tuning Moderately fast tempo
Intro: EWell I’m goin’ home (well I’m going home)
Friends sit down (friends sit down)
And tell Ma (and tell ma)
My Mamma (my Mamma)
Friends sit down tell my Ma
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
And that’s no way for me to get along
Cos’ these low down (these low down)
Women Mama (women Mamma)
They treated your (treated your)
Your poor son wrong (poor son wrong)
A Mamma treated me wrong
The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong
The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong
And that’s no way for him to get along
They treated me (they treated me)
Like my poor heart (like my poor heart)
Was made of (was made of)
Of rock of stone (of rock of stone)
I’m a made of rock of stone
My old heart was made of rock of stone
My old heart was made of rock of stone
And that’s no way for me to get along
(Guitar lead over verse 1 chords)
I’m stood on (well I’m stood on)
The road side (the road side)
And I cried alone (I cried alone)
All by myself (all by my self)
Cried alone all by my self
Stood on the road side cried all by my self
I stood on the road side cried all by my self
And that’s no way for me to get along
I just want some (I just want some)
Train to come along (come along)
And take me
And friends away from here
Friends take me away from here
Train come along and take me away from here
Train come along and take me away from here
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)
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
