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 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 
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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 


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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