Motherless Children chords by Rosanne Cash

Chords with lyrics

Intro E minorEm (Original Key is capo on 3RD)

 E minorEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
              C majorC          E minorEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Motherless children have a hard time
    C majorC           D MajorD
There's all that weeping and all that crying
A augmentedA              C majorC   D MajorD       E minorEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone


E minorEm
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone
          C majorC           E minorEm
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone Father will do the best he can
       C majorC                D MajorD
But there's so many things he just don't understand
A augmentedA              C majorC  D MajorD       E minorEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone

Break ? Em-C-Em-C-D-A-C-D-Em


E minorEm
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone
        C majorC            E minorEm
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone

People say a sister will do
   C majorC               D MajorD
But she'll get married, turn her back on you
A augmentedA              C majorC  D MajorD       E minorEm
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone


E minorEm
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
                  C majorC          E minorEm
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
                  C majorC            D MajorD
Friends will tell you what to do - Then they'll turn their back on you
A augmentedA              C majorC  D MajorD        E minorEm