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Thats No Way To Get Along

Eric Clapton

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That ain�t no way to get along
Eric Clapton
Standard E tuning							Moderately fast tempo
Intro:  E

E
Well I�m goin� home			(well I�m 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
I�m going home sit down and tell my Ma
A7				    E
I�m going home sit down and tell my Ma
     A	       Bb     B7	   E
And that�s 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	       Bb      B7	   E
And that�s 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
I�m 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         Bb     B7          E
And that�s no way for me to get along

(Guitar lead over verse 1 chords)

E
I�m stood on				(well I�m 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	       Bb     B7          E
And that�s 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	       Bb     B7	  E
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	       Bb     B7	  E
And that�s no way for me to get along
     A	       Bb     B7	  E         (End on single E strum)
And that�s no way for me to get along

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Thats No Way To Get Along

Eric Clapton