That's No Way To Get Along chords by Eric Clapton

Chords with lyrics

Eric Clapton
Standard E MajorE tuning							Moderately fast tempo
Intro: E MajorE

E MajorE
Well I’m goin’ home			(well I’m going home)
E MajorE
Friends sit down			(friends sit down)
E MajorE
And tell Ma				(and tell ma)
E MajorE
My Mamma				(my Mamma)
E MajorE
Friends sit down tell my Ma
A7A7			      E MajorE
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
A7A7				  E MajorE
I’m going home sit down and tell my Ma
   A augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7	  E MajorE
And that’s no way for me to get along

E MajorE
Cos’ these low down		(these low down)
E MajorE
Women Mama			(women Mamma)
E MajorE
They treated your			(treated your)
E MajorE
Your poor son wrong		(poor son wrong)
E MajorE
A augmentedA Mamma treated me wrong
A7A7					    E MajorE
The low down women, Mamma, treated your boy so wrong
A7A7							E MajorE
The low down women, Mamma, done treated your poor son wrong
   A augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7	  E MajorE
And that’s no way for him to get along

E MajorE
They treated me			(they treated me)
E MajorE
Like my poor heart			(like my poor heart)
E MajorE
Was made of				(was made of)
E MajorE
Of rock of stone			(of rock of stone)
E MajorE
I’m a made of rock of stone
A7A7			      E MajorE
My old heart was made of rock of stone
A7A7				  E MajorE
My old heart was made of rock of stone
   A augmentedA     Bb majorBb   B7B7     E MajorE
And that’s no way for me to get along

(Guitar lead over verse 1 chords)

E MajorE
I’m stood on				(well I’m stood on)
E MajorE
The road side			(the road side)
E MajorE
And I cried alone			(I cried alone)
E MajorE
All by myself				(all by my self)
E MajorE
Cried alone all by my self
A7A7					E MajorE
Stood on the road side cried all by my self
A7A7				     E MajorE
I stood on the road side cried all by my self
   A augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7     E MajorE
And that’s no way for me to get along

E MajorE
I just want some			(I just want some)
E MajorE
Train to come along			(come along)
E MajorE
And take me
E MajorE
And friends away from here
E MajorE
Friends take me away from here
A7A7					E MajorE
Train come along and take me away from here
A7A7					E MajorE
Train come along and take me away from here
   A augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7	 E MajorE
And that’s 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 augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7	 E MajorE
And that’s no way for me to get along
   A augmentedA	    Bb majorBb   B7B7	 E MajorE     (End on single E MajorE strum)