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]I'm going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
[A7]I'm going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get alo[E]ng
[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]The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so w[E]rong
[A7]The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wr[E]ong
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for h[B7]im to get al[E]ong
[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]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
[A7]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
(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]Stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
[A7]I stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
[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]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
[A7]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
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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 t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
A A# B7 E (End on single E strum)
And that's no way for me 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]I'm going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
[A7]I'm going home sit down and tell my [E]Ma
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get alo[E]ng
[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]The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so w[E]rong
[A7]The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wr[E]ong
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for h[B7]im to get al[E]ong
[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]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
[A7]My old heart was made of rock of st[E]one
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
(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]Stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
[A7]I stood on the road side cried all by my s[E]elf
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
[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]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
[A7]Train come along and take me away from h[E]ere
And t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
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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 t[A]hat's no w[A#]ay for [B7]me to get al[E]ong
A A# B7 E (End on single E strum)
And that's no way for me to get along
