Cottonfield Blues Chords by Henry Thomas
Tempo:
70.85 bpm
Chords used:
D
A
G
B
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[G] [D]
[A] [B] [D]
I'm going to Texas after I get out.
[G] I'm going to Texas [D] after I get out.
[A] Just show the train that [D] I'm a little more pure.
If you see my mama before I do.
[G] If you see my mama [D] before I do.
[A] Don't tell her [B] [D] babe what road I'm on.
I ain't booted up the river and she won't come down.
[G] I ain't booted up the river [D] and she won't come down.
[A] I please tell my soul girl God [D] she's what about.
I live to ease and I live to live well.
[Bm] I live to ease and [D] I live to live well.
[A] Yes she headed to the south, [D] she's Alabama bound.
Oh you know you're going to live all the way.
They know you, I know.
Born through, I ain't down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got the country blues.
I'm going downtown, buy me a plow.
I'm going downtown, get me a mule.
Get up in the morning, four o'clock.
I'm going [A] to turn that light on.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
They says come on boys, come [G] on girls.
[D] Get your pebble hoe, I'm on foul.
The grass is growing, the weed [A] is tall.
Well it's sprouting now like a [D] hickey's on a tree.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
There won't be morning, it won't be long.
You gonna call me and I'll be gone.
I got the country blues.
[N]
[A] [B] [D]
I'm going to Texas after I get out.
[G] I'm going to Texas [D] after I get out.
[A] Just show the train that [D] I'm a little more pure.
If you see my mama before I do.
[G] If you see my mama [D] before I do.
[A] Don't tell her [B] [D] babe what road I'm on.
I ain't booted up the river and she won't come down.
[G] I ain't booted up the river [D] and she won't come down.
[A] I please tell my soul girl God [D] she's what about.
I live to ease and I live to live well.
[Bm] I live to ease and [D] I live to live well.
[A] Yes she headed to the south, [D] she's Alabama bound.
Oh you know you're going to live all the way.
They know you, I know.
Born through, I ain't down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got the country blues.
I'm going downtown, buy me a plow.
I'm going downtown, get me a mule.
Get up in the morning, four o'clock.
I'm going [A] to turn that light on.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
They says come on boys, come [G] on girls.
[D] Get your pebble hoe, I'm on foul.
The grass is growing, the weed [A] is tall.
Well it's sprouting now like a [D] hickey's on a tree.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
There won't be morning, it won't be long.
You gonna call me and I'll be gone.
I got the country blues.
[N]
Key:
D
A
G
B
Bm
D
A
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ I'm going to Texas after I get out.
_ [G] I'm going to Texas [D] after I get out.
_ [A] Just show the train that [D] I'm a little more pure.
_ _ If you see my mama before I do.
_ [G] If you see my mama [D] before I do.
_ [A] Don't tell her [B] [D] babe what road I'm on.
_ _ I ain't booted up the river and she won't come down.
_ _ [G] I ain't booted up the river [D] and she won't come down.
_ _ [A] I please tell my soul girl God [D] she's what about.
_ I live to ease and I live to live well.
_ [Bm] I live to ease and [D] I live to live well.
_ [A] Yes she headed to the south, [D] she's Alabama bound. _
_ Oh you know you're going to live all the way.
They know you, I know.
Born through, I ain't down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got the country blues.
_ I'm going downtown, buy me a plow.
I'm going downtown, get me a mule.
Get up in the morning, four o'clock.
I'm going [A] to turn that light on.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
_ They says come on boys, come [G] on girls.
[D] Get your pebble hoe, I'm on foul.
The grass is growing, the weed [A] is tall.
Well it's sprouting now like a [D] hickey's on a tree.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
_ There won't be morning, it won't be long.
You gonna call me and I'll be gone.
I got the country blues.
_ _ _ [N] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [B] _ [D] _ _
_ _ I'm going to Texas after I get out.
_ [G] I'm going to Texas [D] after I get out.
_ [A] Just show the train that [D] I'm a little more pure.
_ _ If you see my mama before I do.
_ [G] If you see my mama [D] before I do.
_ [A] Don't tell her [B] [D] babe what road I'm on.
_ _ I ain't booted up the river and she won't come down.
_ _ [G] I ain't booted up the river [D] and she won't come down.
_ _ [A] I please tell my soul girl God [D] she's what about.
_ I live to ease and I live to live well.
_ [Bm] I live to ease and [D] I live to live well.
_ [A] Yes she headed to the south, [D] she's Alabama bound. _
_ Oh you know you're going to live all the way.
They know you, I know.
Born through, I ain't down.
Lordy, lordy, lordy, I got the country blues.
_ I'm going downtown, buy me a plow.
I'm going downtown, get me a mule.
Get up in the morning, four o'clock.
I'm going [A] to turn that light on.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
_ They says come on boys, come [G] on girls.
[D] Get your pebble hoe, I'm on foul.
The grass is growing, the weed [A] is tall.
Well it's sprouting now like a [D] hickey's on a tree.
Hey, hey, I got the country blues.
_ There won't be morning, it won't be long.
You gonna call me and I'll be gone.
I got the country blues.
_ _ _ [N] _ _
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