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
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
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
Key:
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E
G
D#m
Gm
F#
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 _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _