Chords for I Never Picked Cotton
Tempo:
98.75 bpm
Chords used:
F#
E
G
D#m
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
[F#]
When I was just a baby, too little for a cotton [D#m] sack
straighten up their backs
big enough to run
that Oklahoma sun
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
[F#]
When I was just a baby, too little for a cotton [D#m] sack
straighten up their backs
big enough to run
that Oklahoma sun
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
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E
G
D#m
Gm
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E
G
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I never picked cotton _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ When I was just a baby, too little for a cotton [D#m] sack
I played in the dirt while the [F#] others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs
And I made myself a promise when I was big enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun
And [E] I never picked cotton
But _ _ my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young _ _
Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then it [G] was fast cars and whiskey, long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun
[E] But I never picked cotton
But _ _ my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young _ _
Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said, go back to your cotton sack, I left him dying in the dirt
[G] And they'll take me in the morning to the gallows just outside
And in the time [Gm] I've got, there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with [E] pride
But I never picked cotton
_ _ _ Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young _
Working in a coal mine _ _ _ _
_ But I never picked cotton _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I never picked cotton _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ _ _ [F#] _ _
_ When I was just a baby, too little for a cotton [D#m] sack
I played in the dirt while the [F#] others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs
And I made myself a promise when I was big enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun
And [E] I never picked cotton
But _ _ my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young _ _
Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then it [G] was fast cars and whiskey, long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun
[E] But I never picked cotton
But _ _ my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young _ _
Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [F#] _
_ _ It was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said, go back to your cotton sack, I left him dying in the dirt
[G] And they'll take me in the morning to the gallows just outside
And in the time [Gm] I've got, there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with [E] pride
But I never picked cotton
_ _ _ Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young _
Working in a coal mine _ _ _ _
_ But I never picked cotton _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _