Chords for Alabama - High Cotton (Official Video)

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_ _ [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 fair.
_ [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, taught us how to look [F] ahead,
and 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 to be [F] ever faced.
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[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ When Sunday mornings rolled [Bb] around, we dressed up and hand-me [F]-downs,
just in time together [C] with 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,
[F] those fertile fields are never [C] far away.
We [F] were walking in high cotton, [Bb] old times that are not forgotten,
[F] leaving home was the [C] hardest thing to [F] be 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, [C] old times that are not forgotten,
[G] leaving home was the [D] hardest thing to be [G] ever faced.
We were walking in high cotton, old [C] times that are not forgotten,
[G] those fertile fields are never [D] far away.
We were walking [G] in high cotton, old [C] times that are not forgotten,
leaving [G] home was the hardest [D] thing to be ever [G] faced.
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