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