Eric Clapton - Thats No Way To Get Along

that aint no way to get along
eric clapton
standard E tuning moderately fast tempo
intro : E

E
well im goin home ( well im 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
im going home sit down and tell my ma
A7 E
im going home sit down and tell my ma
A A# B7 E
and thats 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 A# B7 E
and thats 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
im 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 A# B7 E
and thats no way for me to get along

( guitar lead over verse 1 chords )

E
im stood on ( well im 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 A# B7 E
and thats 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 A# B7 E
and thats 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 )

A A# B7 E
and thats no way for me to get along
A A# B7 E ( end on single E strum )
and thats no way for me to get along