capo at 4th fret, but notes here are in the correct key.
Sometimes B is played with only the 4 bottom strings
/ / /B E7 F#7
--7-- --7-- --0--
--7-- --5-- --7--
--0-- --0-- --6--
--0-- --6-- --0--
--6-- --7-- --x--
--7-- --x-- --x--
Sometimes B is played like this, except first B of the verse:
B--7-7-7-7---7-7--
--7-7-7-7---7-7--
--0-0-0-0---0-0--
--0-0-6-0---0-0--
--6-0-0-0---0-6--
--7-7-7-7---7-7--
B (this time only) E7 E7 B B B
If I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm
B E7 E7 B B BIf I mistreat you girl, I sure dont mean no harm
Well Im a motherless child who dont know right from wrong.
Please tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night
B E7 E7 B B BPlease tell me pretty mama, honey whered you stay last night
F#7 F#7 B B BWell you didnt come home til the sun was shining bright.
B E7 E7 B B B
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
I have to go so far gal, get my ham bones boiled
F#7 F#7 B B BWell these other lotta women gonna let my ham bones burn.
B E7 E7 B B B
Now I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
B E7 E7 B B BNow I did more for you gal, than your daddy ever done
Well I give you my jelly, he aint give you none.
And when you see two women always runnin hand in hand
B E7 E7 B B BAnd you see two women always running hand in hand
F#7 F#7 F#7 B B BYou can bet your bottom dollar one
B E7 E7 B B B
Well Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair
Im goin to the river get me a tangled rocking chair
F#7 F#7 BAnd if the blues overtake me gonna rock away from there
End: E7 F#7 E7 B
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