High Cotton Chords by Alabama

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[Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [C] _ _
[F] _ [Gm] _ [F] _ We didn't know the times were [Bb] lean, around our house the grass was [F] green.
It didn't seem like things were [C] all that bad.
_ [F] I bet we walked a thousand [Bb] miles, chopping cotton and pushing [F] plows,
and learning [C] how to give it [F] all we had.
[C] _ [G] [F] As life went on and years went [Bb] by, I saw the light in daddy's [F] eyes,
and felt the love in [C] mama's hands.
_ [F] They kept us warm and kept us [Bb] fed, and taught us how to look [F] ahead.
Now [C] looking back I [F] understand,
_ we were walking in high cotton,
[Bb] old times that are not forgotten,
[F] those fertile fields are never [C] far away.
We were [F] walking in high cotton,
[Bb] old times that are not forgotten,
[F] leaving home was the [C] hardest thing we [F] ever faced.
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[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
When Sunday mornings rolled [Bb] around,
we dressed up and hand-me [F]-downs,
just in time together [C] with the church. _ _
[F] Sometimes I think how long it's [Bb] been,
and how it impressed me [F] then.
It was the only [C] day my daddy [F] wouldn't work.
We were walking in high cotton,
old [Bb] times that are not forgotten,
those [F] fertile fields are never [C] far away.
We were [F] walking in high cotton,
[Bb] old times that are not forgotten,
[F] leaving home was the [C] hardest thing we [F] ever faced.
We were [G] walking in high cotton,
old times that are not forgotten,
those fertile fields are [D] never far away.
We were [G] walking in high cotton,
old [C] times that are not forgotten,
[G] leaving home was the [D] hardest thing we [G] ever faced.
We were walking in high cotton,
old [C] times that are not forgotten,
[G] those fertile fields are never far [D] away.
_ We were walking [G] in high cotton,
Oh, [C] plans there are not forgotten
Leaving [G] home [D] was the hardest thing we ever [G] faced
_ Walking in high cotton _ _ _ _