Chords for High Cotton

[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [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,
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.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _
[C] _ _ [F] _ _ _ When Sunday mornings rolled [Bb] around,
We dressed up and hand-me [F]-down,
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,
[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.
We were [G] walking in high cotton,
Old times that are not forgotten,
Those fertile fields are [D] never far away.
_ [G] We were walking in high cotton,
Old [C] times that are not forgotten,
[G] Leaving home was the hardest [D] 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,
Old [C] times that are not forgotten,
Leaving [G] home was [D] the hardest thing we [G] ever faced.
_ Walking in high cotton. _ _ _ _ _ _