Summertime - Sometimes I Feel Like A Motherless Child chords by Mahalia Jackson

Key: Am

 Am  E  Am  E  Am  Fm  Am  Em  E  Am


   Am  E  Am  E
Summertime
Am  F  Am
And the living is easy
F
Fish're jumping
E  Am  B  E
And the cotton is high
Am  E  Am  E
Your daddy's rich
                       Am  Dm  Am
And your mummy is good lookin'
    C              E
So hush little baby
          Am  Bb  Am
Don't you cry
Am  E  Am  E
One of these mornings
                         Am  Dm  Am
You're going to rise up singing
F

You're gonna spread your wings
E  D  E  C
Take to the sky
Am  E7  Am  E7
But till that morning
Am  D  Am
Nothing will harm you
C          Am   E
With daddy and mummy
Am  Dm  Am  E
They be standing by
Am  E7  Am  E
Sometime I feel
E          Am   Dm  Am
Like a motherless child
Dm   F
Sometime I feel
E          A  Dm  Am  E
Like a motherless child
Am  E  C  E
Sometime I feel
Am  Dm  Am
Like a motherless child
Am
Just alone
Long way
E7
From my home
Am
Alone
Am         E7
Just alone
Am  Dm  Am
From home
Am  Em  Am  E  Am  E7  Am  D  Am  Fm  F  Fm  E  Am  F  Am  E7  Am  E  A  E  Am  Dm  Am
Hum hum hum hum hum
Am                  E7  Am
Just along way from home
Am            E7      Am  F  Am  E
Just along way from home


       Am  E7  Am  E7
Summertime
Am  Dm  Am
And the living is easy
F
Fish're jumping
E  D  E  C
And the cotton is high
Am  E7  Am  E7
Your daddy's rich
                       Am  F  Am
And your mummy is good lookin'
   C               E
So hush little baby
           Am  Dm  Am  Dm
Don't you cry
Am  E  Am  E7
One of these mornings
                        Am  Dm  Am
You're going to rise up singing
F
You're gonna spread your wings
E  B7  E
Take to the sky
Am  E7  Am  E7
But till that morning
Am  Dm  Am
Nothing will harm you
C              E
With daddy and mummy
Am  F  Am
They be standing by,