Key: C major
Intro 1
C
F
C
Verse 1
have a hard time
F
C
when the mother is dead
Motherless children have a hard time when
the mother is dead
They're out there in the cold
C
G
C
Motherless children have a hard time when
the mother is dead
Orphaned children have a
hard time in this
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Sister does the best she can
hard time in this world
F
C
Oh
Brother won't treat you like mother
will when the mother is dead
Brother won't treat you like mother
will when the mother is dead
You may ask for a piece of bread, he says,
will when the mother is dead, no, no
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Orphan children have a
hard time in this world
F
C
Sister does the best she can,
F
C
F
C
in this world
G
C
Friends won't treat you like mother will
When the mother is dead
Friends won't treat you like mother will
When the mother is dead
They'll tell you what to do
their back on you
G
C
when the mother is dead, no, no
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Orphan children have a hard
time in this world
Sister does the best she can,
C
G
Open the children of a hard time in
C
F
C
F
C
this world
G
C
G
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