Chords for Sam Chatmon: Buy A Bale of Cotton Now (1978)
Tempo:
106.95 bpm
Chords used:
A
E
D
F#
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Now here's a sort of a piece, if it ain't too young for you, out in place.
You ever heard of that about Bob Baylor Cotton now?
Farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton.
[A] That sounds good.
Tell us about how [F#] that song [A] originated in that [D] case.
[C] [F]
[C#] That was back when [F#] World [E] War I was.
White folks had tried every way they could to raise crops,
but every time the oilers and generators raised them,
they couldn't get no rain or something.
They'd come out behind.
So cotton went down so cheap, we thought we'd sing a song about it.
[A] As farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton and [E] corn and rain or shine.
[A] Who wrote the song?
[E] I don't know who wrote it, but I put it out.
Same thing, I put out a song about that fishing, fishing blues.
Now I heard a
Let's hear this one about the cotton.
[A] [E]
[A] Farmers off the South have spent their time
raising cotton crops [E] and rain or shine.
Thinking of the harvest who are bound to reap.
[A] It's [G#m] dreaming [F#m] of the cotton [A] crops as fast asleep.
Won't time put an end to many plans.
Merchants got together, [D] taking on body hands.
They worked so [Dm] hard to get [A] the [G#] sand.
[B] This is what this [E] song like just told me.
[A] Just buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very [A] cheap at ten cents a pound.
[D] You put [D#] it in the office, [A] you [C#m] put it [F#] out on the floor.
[B] When you get to fifty, [E] you can buy one more.
[A] Buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very cheap [A] at [G#] ten [F#m] cents a pound.
[D] You may be [D#] swiftly busy, [A] but take your [B]
time.
[E] Just buy a bale of cotton now.
[C#m]
You ever heard of that about Bob Baylor Cotton now?
Farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton.
[A] That sounds good.
Tell us about how [F#] that song [A] originated in that [D] case.
[C] [F]
[C#] That was back when [F#] World [E] War I was.
White folks had tried every way they could to raise crops,
but every time the oilers and generators raised them,
they couldn't get no rain or something.
They'd come out behind.
So cotton went down so cheap, we thought we'd sing a song about it.
[A] As farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton and [E] corn and rain or shine.
[A] Who wrote the song?
[E] I don't know who wrote it, but I put it out.
Same thing, I put out a song about that fishing, fishing blues.
Now I heard a
Let's hear this one about the cotton.
[A] [E]
[A] Farmers off the South have spent their time
raising cotton crops [E] and rain or shine.
Thinking of the harvest who are bound to reap.
[A] It's [G#m] dreaming [F#m] of the cotton [A] crops as fast asleep.
Won't time put an end to many plans.
Merchants got together, [D] taking on body hands.
They worked so [Dm] hard to get [A] the [G#] sand.
[B] This is what this [E] song like just told me.
[A] Just buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very [A] cheap at ten cents a pound.
[D] You put [D#] it in the office, [A] you [C#m] put it [F#] out on the floor.
[B] When you get to fifty, [E] you can buy one more.
[A] Buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very cheap [A] at [G#] ten [F#m] cents a pound.
[D] You may be [D#] swiftly busy, [A] but take your [B]
time.
[E] Just buy a bale of cotton now.
[C#m]
Key:
A
E
D
F#
B
A
E
D
Now here's a _ sort of a piece, if it ain't too young for you, _ _ out in place.
_ You ever heard of that about Bob Baylor Cotton now?
_ _ _ Farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton.
[A] That sounds good.
Tell us about how [F#] that song [A] originated in that [D] case.
_ [C] _ [F]
[C#] That was back when [F#] World [E] War I was. _ _
_ _ _ White folks had tried every way they could to raise crops,
but every time the oilers and generators raised them,
they couldn't get no rain or something.
They'd come out behind.
_ _ So cotton went down so cheap, _ we thought we'd sing a song about it.
_ _ [A] _ As farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton and [E] corn and rain or shine.
[A] Who wrote the song?
[E] I don't know who wrote it, but I put it out.
_ Same thing, I put out a song _ about that fishing, _ fishing blues.
_ _ Now I heard a_
Let's hear this one about the cotton.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Farmers off the South have spent their time
raising cotton crops [E] and rain or shine.
Thinking of the harvest who are bound to reap.
[A] It's [G#m] dreaming [F#m] of the cotton [A] crops as fast asleep.
Won't time put an end to many plans.
_ Merchants got together, [D] taking on body hands.
They worked so [Dm] hard to get [A] the [G#] sand.
[B] This is what this [E] song like just told me.
[A] Just buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very [A] cheap at ten cents a pound.
[D] You put [D#] it in the office, [A] you [C#m] put it [F#] out on the floor.
[B] When you get to fifty, [E] you can buy one more.
[A] Buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very cheap [A] at [G#] ten [F#m] cents a pound.
[D] You may be [D#] swiftly busy, [A] but take your [B]
time.
[E] Just buy a bale of cotton now.
[C#m] _ _
_ You ever heard of that about Bob Baylor Cotton now?
_ _ _ Farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton.
[A] That sounds good.
Tell us about how [F#] that song [A] originated in that [D] case.
_ [C] _ [F]
[C#] That was back when [F#] World [E] War I was. _ _
_ _ _ White folks had tried every way they could to raise crops,
but every time the oilers and generators raised them,
they couldn't get no rain or something.
They'd come out behind.
_ _ So cotton went down so cheap, _ we thought we'd sing a song about it.
_ _ [A] _ As farmers off the South have spent their time raising cotton and [E] corn and rain or shine.
[A] Who wrote the song?
[E] I don't know who wrote it, but I put it out.
_ Same thing, I put out a song _ about that fishing, _ fishing blues.
_ _ Now I heard a_
Let's hear this one about the cotton.
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ [A] Farmers off the South have spent their time
raising cotton crops [E] and rain or shine.
Thinking of the harvest who are bound to reap.
[A] It's [G#m] dreaming [F#m] of the cotton [A] crops as fast asleep.
Won't time put an end to many plans.
_ Merchants got together, [D] taking on body hands.
They worked so [Dm] hard to get [A] the [G#] sand.
[B] This is what this [E] song like just told me.
[A] Just buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very [A] cheap at ten cents a pound.
[D] You put [D#] it in the office, [A] you [C#m] put it [F#] out on the floor.
[B] When you get to fifty, [E] you can buy one more.
[A] Buy a bale of cotton, [E] hurry, watch it stay round.
It is very cheap [A] at [G#] ten [F#m] cents a pound.
[D] You may be [D#] swiftly busy, [A] but take your [B]
time.
[E] Just buy a bale of cotton now.
[C#m] _ _