Motherless Children Chords by Rosanne Cash

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Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone. _ _ _ _
Motherless children [Eb] have a [Gm] hard time when the mother [G] is gone. _ _ _ _
Motherless children have a hard time.
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There's all that [C] weeping and all that crying.
Motherless children [Bb] have a hard time [Gm] when the mother is gone.
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Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone. _ _ _
Father will do [Gm] the best he can [G] when the mother is gone. _ _ _
Father will do the best he can, [Eb] but there's so many things [F] he just [C] don't understand. _
Motherless children [Bb] have a hard time [G] when the mother is gone. _ _ _ _
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People say a sister will do when the mother is gone. _ _ _
People say [Eb] a sister will [Gm] do when the mother [G] is gone. _ _ _
People say a sister will do.
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She'll [Bb] get Mary [F] Turner back on you. _
[C] Motherless children [Bb] have a hard time [G] when the mother is gone. _ _ _
Friends will treat you [Eb] like your [Bb] mother will [G] when your mother is gone. _ _ _
Friends will treat you [Eb] like your [Bb] mother will [G] when your mother is gone. _ _ _ _
Friends will tell you what to do, [Eb]
then they'll turn [F] their back on you.
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Motherless children [Bb] have a hard time [G] when the mother is gone. _ _ _ _
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