Van Morrison - Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

Learn Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Van Morrison

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" smoothly on your guitar.

For easier playing, use our Simplify Chords feature to remove difficult chords like barre.

F#m
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Bm             F#m
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
F#m
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
D     E           F#m
Long way from my home

Sometimes I wish
I could fly like a bird up in the sky
Oh, sometimes I wish
I could fly, fly like a bird up in the sky
Sometimes I wish
I could fly like a bird up in the sky
A little closer to home

Motherless children have a hard time
Motherless children have a, such a hard time
Motherless children have such a really hard time
But we're so far

Sometimes I feel like freedom is near
Sometimes I feel like freedom is here
Sometimes I feel like freedom is so near
But we're so far from home

Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Baby, sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Sometimes I feel like a motherless child
Long way from home

Sometimes I feel like it's close at hand
Sometimes I feel like the kingdom is at hand
Sometimes I feel like kingdom is now
But we're so far from home


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Guitar Chord Diagrams

Bm

Guitar chord Bm

D

Guitar chord D

E

Guitar chord E

F#m

Guitar chord F#m

Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably.

If you are also interested in learning how to play "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child" by Van Morrison.

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