That ain?t no way to get along Eric Clapton Standard E tuning Moderately fast tempo Intro: E E Well I?m goin? home (well I?m going home) E Friends sit down (friends sit down) E And tell Ma (and tell ma) E My Mamma (my Mamma) E Friends sit down tell my Ma A7 E I?m going home sit down and tell my Ma A7 E I?m going home sit down and tell my Ma A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for me to get along E Cos? these low down (these low down) E Women Mama (women Mamma) E They treated your (treated your) E Your poor son wrong (poor son wrong) E A Mamma treated me wrong A7 E The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong A7 E The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for him to get along E They treated me (they treated me) E Like my poor heart (like my poor heart) E Was made of (was made of) E Of rock of stone (of rock of stone) E I?m a made of rock of stone A7 E My old heart was made of rock of stone A7 E My old heart was made of rock of stone A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for me to get along (Guitar lead over verse 1 chords) E I?m stood on (well I?m stood on) E The road side (the road side) E And I cried alone (I cried alone) E All by myself (all by my self) E Cried alone all by my self A7 E Stood on the road side cried all by my self A7 E I stood on the road side cried all by my self A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for me to get along E I just want some (I just want some) E Train to come along (come along) E And take me E And friends away from here E Friends take me away from here A7 E Train come along and take me away from here A7 E Train come along and take me away from here A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for me to get along ---------------------------------------------------------------------- (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) A Bb B7 E And that?s no way for me to get along A Bb B7 E (End on single E strum) And that?s no way for me to get along
