Johnny Cash – I Never Picked Cotton (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
E E [tab] A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E A E And my sister did and my daddy died young B7 E E E Working in a coal mine
[Verse 1]
F When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack F I played in the dirt, while the others worked, til they couldn't straighten their backs F# And I made my self a promise, when I was old enough to run F# That I'd never stay, a single day, in that Oklahoma sun
[Chorus]
E E And I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E A E And my sister did and my daddy died young B7 E E E Working in a coal mine
[Verse 2]
F Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then F So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck and I never went back again F# And it was fast cars and wiskey, long legged girls and fun
I had everything, that money could bring and I took it all with a gun
[Chorus]
E E And I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E A E And my sister did and my daddy died young B7 E E E Working in a coal mine
[Verse 3]
F It was Saturday night in Memphis, when a redneck grabbed my shirt F And he said go back, to your cotton sack, I left him lyin in the dirt F# And they'll take me in the morning, to the gallows just outside F# And in the time I've got, their aint a hell of a lot, I can look back on with pride
[Chorus]
E E But I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E A E And my sister did and my daddy died young B7 E E E Working in a coal mine
[Chorus]
E E I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E A E And my sister did and my daddy died young B7 E Working in a coal mine
[Outro]
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