Motherless Child Chords & Lyrics Artist: Portishead, Tom Jones

INTRO
Am  F#m7b5 Fmaj7
Am  F#m7b5 Fmaj7
 
VERSE 1
    Am           F#m7b5 Fmaj7
Sometimes I feel
Am                        F#m7b5 Fmaj7
  like a motherless child
 
    Dm           Dm
Sometimes I feel
       Am               F#m7b5 Fmaj7
like a motherless child
 
    Am           Am/G#
Sometimes I feel  
       Am/G             Am/F#
like a motherless child 
 
  Fmaj7      E7            Fmaj7  E7
A long, long way from home 
  Fmaj7      E7  Am        Am
A long, long way from home
 
VERSE 2
    Am           Am
Sometimes I feel 
          Am         Am
like I'm almost gone 
 
      Dm         Dm
Sometimes I feel 
          Am         Am
like I'm almost gone  
 
Am            AmM7
Sometimes I feel  
         Am7         Am6
like I'm almost gone 
 
        Fmaj7   E7            E7  Am
And I know my time's not long
    Fmaj7            E7      Am       F7
I know that my time,    it's not long  
 
VERSE 3
    Bbm       BbmM7
Sometimes I feel like I'm 
Bbm7         Bbm6
heaven bound  
 
      Ebm        Ebm
Sometimes I feel  
         Bbm          Bbm
like I'm heaven bound  
 
    Bbm       BbmM7
Sometimes I feel   
         Bbm7         Bbm6
like I'm heaven bound
 
        Gbmaj7 Bbm        Gm7b5 Gbmaj7  F7
And I wear a golden crown 
Gbmaj7            F7
   And I wear a golden crown 
 
INSTRUMENTAL
Bbm  Bbm  x2
Bbm  F#7
 
VERSE 4
    Bm           BmM7
Sometimes I feel  
        Bm7             Bm6
like my soul is on fire
 
      Em         C#m7b5
Sometimes I feel 
        C#m7b5          Bm
like my soul is on fire  
 
Bm               BmM7
Sometimes I feel
        Bm7             Bm6
like my soul is on fire  
 
     G7    F#7        G#m7b5 G7  F#7
And I'm  about to die 
     Gmaj7 F#7    Bm  Bm
And I'm  about to die
Bm Bm
    I'm about to die
 
OUTRO
Bm   Bm/A#
       I'm about to die 
Bm/A Bm/G#
       I'm about to die
Bm   Bm/A#
       I'm about to die 
Bm/A Bm/G#
       I'm about to die 
 
Bm    Bm/A#
     I ain't got nobody to love me
Bm/A  Bm/G#
     I ain't got nobody to hold me
Bm    Bm/A#
     I ain't got nobody to squeeze me
Bm/A         Bm/G#
 I'm just a motherless child
 
Bm                Bm/A#           Bm/A  Bm/G#
 I'm just like a motherless child
Bm Bm/A#     Bm/A  Bm/G#
    Oh oo oh...