Cotton Fields (The Cotton Song) (Remastered 2001) Chords
Tempo:
129.4 bpm
Chords used:
Ab
Eb
Db
Bbm
Fm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Abm] When I
[Cm] [Ab] was brought to the grave in their home, cotton fields [Eb] all alone.
It [Ab] was back in Louisiana, just [Db] about a mile from the Texas [Ab]
dam.
In their home, [Bbm]
cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back home.
But let me tell you now, when I got there, the fixer caught a nail in my tire through a lickety split.
I had to walk a long, long way to [Eb] town.
Came [Ab] along a nice old man, he had a hat [Db] on.
Oh, wait a minute mister, can [Ab] you give me some direction?
I'm gonna [Bbm] wanna be [Eb] right off [Ab] your home.
Don't care if them [Db] cotton balls are due to rot, when I got [Ab] you, baby, who needs cotton?
In their [Cm] home, [Fm]
cotton [Db] [Cm] fields [Bbm] back home.
[Eb]
Brother, [Ab] only one thing more that's gonna warn ya, [Db] on summer's day out in [Bbm] California,
[Ab] it's gonna [Bbm] be them cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back [Db] [Ab] home.
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] It was [Db] back in Louisiana, just about [Ab] a mile from the Texas [Fm] dam.
I gave [Ab] them a cotton field, [Fm] let me hear it for [Ab] the cotton field.
[Fm] The Texas dam.
[Ab] Well, if [Fm] there's just no place [Bbm] like home.
[Eb] Oh [Ab] boy, it sure feels good to breathe the air back home.
You [Db] should've seen their faces [Bbm] when they seen how I'd grown in [Ab] them old [Bbm] cotton [Eb] fields back [Ab] home.
[Cm] [Ab] was brought to the grave in their home, cotton fields [Eb] all alone.
It [Ab] was back in Louisiana, just [Db] about a mile from the Texas [Ab]
dam.
In their home, [Bbm]
cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back home.
But let me tell you now, when I got there, the fixer caught a nail in my tire through a lickety split.
I had to walk a long, long way to [Eb] town.
Came [Ab] along a nice old man, he had a hat [Db] on.
Oh, wait a minute mister, can [Ab] you give me some direction?
I'm gonna [Bbm] wanna be [Eb] right off [Ab] your home.
Don't care if them [Db] cotton balls are due to rot, when I got [Ab] you, baby, who needs cotton?
In their [Cm] home, [Fm]
cotton [Db] [Cm] fields [Bbm] back home.
[Eb]
Brother, [Ab] only one thing more that's gonna warn ya, [Db] on summer's day out in [Bbm] California,
[Ab] it's gonna [Bbm] be them cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back [Db] [Ab] home.
[Db] [Ab] [Bbm] [Ab] [Bb]
[Eb] [Ab] It was [Db] back in Louisiana, just about [Ab] a mile from the Texas [Fm] dam.
I gave [Ab] them a cotton field, [Fm] let me hear it for [Ab] the cotton field.
[Fm] The Texas dam.
[Ab] Well, if [Fm] there's just no place [Bbm] like home.
[Eb] Oh [Ab] boy, it sure feels good to breathe the air back home.
You [Db] should've seen their faces [Bbm] when they seen how I'd grown in [Ab] them old [Bbm] cotton [Eb] fields back [Ab] home.
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Eb
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[Abm] When I _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] was brought to the grave in their home, _ cotton fields [Eb] all alone. _ _
_ It [Ab] was back in Louisiana, _ just [Db] about a mile from the Texas [Ab]
dam.
In their home, _ _ [Bbm]
cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back home. _ _ _
_ _ But let me tell you now, when I got there, the fixer caught a nail in my tire through a lickety split.
_ _ I had to walk a long, long way to [Eb] town. _ _ _
_ Came [Ab] along a nice old man, he had a hat [Db] on.
Oh, wait a minute mister, can [Ab] you give me some direction?
_ I'm gonna [Bbm] wanna be [Eb] right off [Ab] your home. _ _
Don't care if them [Db] cotton balls are due to rot, when I got [Ab] you, baby, who needs cotton?
In their _ [Cm] home, [Fm] _
cotton [Db] [Cm] fields [Bbm] back home.
_ [Eb] _
_ Brother, [Ab] only one thing more that's gonna warn ya, [Db] on summer's day out in [Bbm] _ California,
[Ab] _ it's gonna [Bbm] be them cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back [Db] [Ab] home. _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ It was [Db] back in _ Louisiana, just about [Ab] a mile from the Texas [Fm] dam.
I gave [Ab] them a cotton field, _ [Fm] let me hear it for [Ab] the cotton field.
[Fm] The Texas dam.
[Ab] _ Well, if [Fm] there's just no place [Bbm] like home.
_ [Eb] _ _ Oh [Ab] boy, it sure feels good to breathe the air back home.
You [Db] should've seen their faces [Bbm] when they seen how I'd grown in [Ab] them old _ [Bbm] cotton [Eb] fields back [Ab] home. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Cm] _ _ [Ab] was brought to the grave in their home, _ cotton fields [Eb] all alone. _ _
_ It [Ab] was back in Louisiana, _ just [Db] about a mile from the Texas [Ab]
dam.
In their home, _ _ [Bbm]
cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back home. _ _ _
_ _ But let me tell you now, when I got there, the fixer caught a nail in my tire through a lickety split.
_ _ I had to walk a long, long way to [Eb] town. _ _ _
_ Came [Ab] along a nice old man, he had a hat [Db] on.
Oh, wait a minute mister, can [Ab] you give me some direction?
_ I'm gonna [Bbm] wanna be [Eb] right off [Ab] your home. _ _
Don't care if them [Db] cotton balls are due to rot, when I got [Ab] you, baby, who needs cotton?
In their _ [Cm] home, [Fm] _
cotton [Db] [Cm] fields [Bbm] back home.
_ [Eb] _
_ Brother, [Ab] only one thing more that's gonna warn ya, [Db] on summer's day out in [Bbm] _ California,
[Ab] _ it's gonna [Bbm] be them cotton [Eb] fields [Ab] back [Db] [Ab] home. _
_ _ _ [Db] _ [Ab] _ [Bbm] _ [Ab] _ [Bb] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ It was [Db] back in _ Louisiana, just about [Ab] a mile from the Texas [Fm] dam.
I gave [Ab] them a cotton field, _ [Fm] let me hear it for [Ab] the cotton field.
[Fm] The Texas dam.
[Ab] _ Well, if [Fm] there's just no place [Bbm] like home.
_ [Eb] _ _ Oh [Ab] boy, it sure feels good to breathe the air back home.
You [Db] should've seen their faces [Bbm] when they seen how I'd grown in [Ab] them old _ [Bbm] cotton [Eb] fields back [Ab] home. _ _ _ _ _
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