| A | A | A | A | A | A | A | D |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Motherless children have a | hard time when | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Motherless children have a | hard time when | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | E | |
| They don't have any | where to go; |
| D | F | |
| Wandering around from | door to door. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Nobody treats you like a | mother will when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Father will do the | best he can when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Father will do the | best he can when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | E | |
| Father will do the | best he can; |
| D | F | |
| So many things a father | can't understand. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Nobody treats you like a | mother will when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Sister will do the | best she can when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Sister will do the | best she can when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | E | |
| Sister will do the | best she can; |
| D | F | |
| So many things a sister | can't understand. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| Nobody treats you like a | mother will when your | mother is dead, lord. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| When your | mother is dead, | when your | mother is dead. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| When your | mother is dead, Lord, | when your | mother is dead. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| When your | mother is dead, | when your | mother is dead. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| When your | mother is dead, | when your | mother is dead. |
| A | D | A | D | |
| When your | mother is dead, Lord, | when your | mother is dead. |