I Never Picked Cotton Chords by Roy Clark
Tempo:
104 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Ab
Em
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I never picked cotton
my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
[G]
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
mine
my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
[G]
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
mine
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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 the coal mine _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never _ _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ I'm working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it 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, [F] but I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ _ Working in the coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Forgot _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I never picked cotton
_ _ _ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ Working in the coal mine _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never _ _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ I'm working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it 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, [F] but I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ _ Working in the coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] 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 _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Forgot _ _ _ _ _
