Motherless Children Chords
by Rosanne Cash
Motherless Children by Rosanne Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of Em with a capo on the 3st fret. It uses the chords Em, C, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro
Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
C Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Motherless children have a hard time
C D
There's all that weeping and all that crying
A C D Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Em
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone
C Em
Father will do the best he can when the mother is gone Father will do the best he can
C D
But there's so many things he just don't understand
A C D Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Break ’ Em-C-Em-C-D-A-C-D-Em
Em
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone
C Em
People say a sister will do when the mother is gone
People say a sister will do
C D
But she'll get married, turn her back on you
A C D Em
Motherless children have a hard time when the mother is gone
Em
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
C Em
Friends will treat you like your mother will when your mother is gone
C D
Friends will tell you what to do - Then they'll turn their back on you
A C D Em
Motherless children have a hard time when their mother is gone ..... repeat break