Number One (feat. Richie Havens & Son Little) - Portugal. The Man
The bassline riff over the Cm chords is just a hammer on from Bb -> C so you can either
slide from Bb5 into
Cm or play Cm7 and hammer on to Cm.
Listen to the song for the rhythm and timing.
[Intro]
Cm
Freedom
Cm
Freedom
Cm
Freedom
Cm
Freedom
Cm
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Cm
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Bb Bb/B Cm
A long way from my home
Cm Bb Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Cm Bb Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
[Verse 1]
Cm
When the morning came
Cm
Like another's pain
Bb
But didn't know to fade
Ab
Like the sound it made
Cm
Let's go down the drain
Cm
With the falling rain
Bb
Wash away the stains
Ab
In the evening shade
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
It's that sufferin'
Eb
Don't know why it brings
Bb
Such sweet memories
Fm
Will be the end of me
[Chorus]
Cm
But you'll come out all right
Cm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
Cm Fm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
Gm
But ya don't, no, no
Cm
But ya don't, no, no
[Post-Chorus]
Cm
No, no, no
Cm
No, no, no
Cm Cm
No, no, no
[Verse 2]
Cm
All the trails we blazed
Cm
Have long since been paved
Bb
Leadin' the modern age
Ab
On down memory lane
Cm
Can't turn the page
Cm
Like it's just a phase
Bb
Somehow still be amazed
Ab
That the leaves had changed
[Pre-Chorus]
Cm
It's that sufferin'
Eb
Don't know why it brings
Bb
Such sweet memories
Fm
Will be the end of me
[Chorus]
Cm
But you'll come out all right
Cm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
Cm Fm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
Gm
But ya don't, no, no
Cm
But ya don't, no, no
Cm
But you'll come out all right
Cm
(Yeah) I know it seems there's no end in sight
Cm Fm
(Yeah) But it doesn't mean you can't put up a fight
Gm
But ya don't, no, no
Cm
But ya don't, no, no
[interlude]
Cm Bb Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Cm Bb Ab
Sometimes I feel like I'm almost gone
Cm
When I need my brother (yeah)
Cm
Father (yeah)
Cm
Sister (yeah)
Cm
Mother (yeah)
Cm
Yeah yeah yeah yeah
[Outro]
Db Bbm Fm Ab
Db
It's gonna be all right
Bbm
Telling white lies
Fm
Of late nights
Ab
'Til the sunrise
Db Bbm
Cause when we rise up we rise up above
Fm
All of the chaos
Ab
To get lost
Db
Don't make me don't make me wake up
Bbm
Cause I'm gonna be like a drug
Fm
That never gets old
Ab
Or gives hope
Db Bbm Eb Fm Ab
But baby you make me feel loved
Db Bbm Eb Fm Ab x3