Chords for The New Christy Minstrels - Cotton Fields (Audio)
Tempo:
66.85 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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When I was a little bitty [D] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton [B] fields back home.
When I was a little bitty baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them [A] old cotton fields [D] back home.
[G] And when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't [Bb] pick very much [Bm] cotton, in them old cotton fields [N] back home.
It was down [B] in [Bm] Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana, [D] in them old cotton fields back [G] home.
[Gm] I was over in [D] Arkansas, when the [G] people asked me what you come here for, in [D] them old cotton fields [A] back home.
I [D] was over in Arkansas, when [G] the people asked me what you come [D] here for, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
And [G] when them cotton balls get rotten, [D] you can't pick very much cotton, in them old cotton [A] fields back home.
[D] It was down in Louisiana, [G] just about a mile from [D] Texarkana, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
Well, it's my son, [G] [D]
[A] in them old [D]
[G] [D]
[A] cotton [D] fields back home.
[G]
[D] You can't pick very much cotton, in them old [A] cotton [D]
[G] [D] fields
[A] [D] back home.
When [G] I was a little bitty baby, my [D] mama would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton fields [A] back home.
Yes, [B] when I was a little bitty [Ab] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in [D] them old
[A] [D]
When I was a little bitty baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them [A] old cotton fields [D] back home.
[G] And when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't [Bb] pick very much [Bm] cotton, in them old cotton fields [N] back home.
It was down [B] in [Bm] Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana, [D] in them old cotton fields back [G] home.
[Gm] I was over in [D] Arkansas, when the [G] people asked me what you come here for, in [D] them old cotton fields [A] back home.
I [D] was over in Arkansas, when [G] the people asked me what you come [D] here for, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
And [G] when them cotton balls get rotten, [D] you can't pick very much cotton, in them old cotton [A] fields back home.
[D] It was down in Louisiana, [G] just about a mile from [D] Texarkana, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
Well, it's my son, [G] [D]
[A] in them old [D]
[G] [D]
[A] cotton [D] fields back home.
[G]
[D] You can't pick very much cotton, in them old [A] cotton [D]
[G] [D] fields
[A] [D] back home.
When [G] I was a little bitty baby, my [D] mama would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton fields [A] back home.
Yes, [B] when I was a little bitty [Ab] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in [D] them old
[A] [D]
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When I was a little bitty [D] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton [B] fields back home.
_ When I was a little bitty baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them [A] old cotton fields [D] back home.
[G] _ And when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't [Bb] pick very much [Bm] cotton, in them old cotton fields [N] back home.
_ It was down [B] in [Bm] Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana, [D] in them old cotton fields back [G] home.
_ [Gm] I was over in [D] Arkansas, when the [G] people asked me what you come here for, in [D] them old cotton fields [A] back home.
I [D] was over in Arkansas, when [G] the people asked me what you come [D] here for, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
And [G] when them cotton balls get rotten, [D] you can't pick very much cotton, in them old cotton [A] fields back home.
[D] It was down in Louisiana, [G] just about a mile from [D] Texarkana, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
Well, it's my son, _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] in them old _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] cotton [D] fields back home.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] You can't pick very much cotton, in them old [A] cotton _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ fields _
[A] _ [D] back home.
_ When [G] I was a little bitty baby, my [D] mama _ would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton fields [A] back home.
Yes, [B] when I was a little bitty [Ab] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in [D] them old_
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ When I was a little bitty baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in them [A] old cotton fields [D] back home.
[G] _ And when them cotton balls get rotten, you can't [Bb] pick very much [Bm] cotton, in them old cotton fields [N] back home.
_ It was down [B] in [Bm] Louisiana, just about a mile from Texarkana, [D] in them old cotton fields back [G] home.
_ [Gm] I was over in [D] Arkansas, when the [G] people asked me what you come here for, in [D] them old cotton fields [A] back home.
I [D] was over in Arkansas, when [G] the people asked me what you come [D] here for, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
And [G] when them cotton balls get rotten, [D] you can't pick very much cotton, in them old cotton [A] fields back home.
[D] It was down in Louisiana, [G] just about a mile from [D] Texarkana, in them [A] old cotton [D] fields back home.
Well, it's my son, _ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
_ [A] in them old _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
[A] cotton [D] fields back home.
_ _ [G] _ _
_ [D] You can't pick very much cotton, in them old [A] cotton _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [D] _ fields _
[A] _ [D] back home.
_ When [G] I was a little bitty baby, my [D] mama _ would rock me in that cradle, in them old cotton fields [A] back home.
Yes, [B] when I was a little bitty [Ab] baby, my mama would rock me in that cradle, in [D] them old_
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _
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