Eric Clapton

Thats No Way To Get Along

Eric Clapton


Tom: E

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         A#     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         A#      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         A#     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         A#     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         A#     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         A#     B7          E
And that’s no way for me to get along
     A         A#     B7          E         (End on single E strum)
And that’s no way for me to get along