The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields The Cotton Song (Guitar)

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COTTONFIELDS: BEACH BOYS (H. Ledbetter) 4/4 – 132 [Verse 1]
 N.C.   G
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,

                                 D7
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.

       G                                    C               G
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,

              Am7    D7          G
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
[Verse 2]
G
LET ME TELL YOU NOW WELL I GOT ME IN A FIX, I CAUGHT A NAIL IN MY TIRE

                                                          D7
DOIN’ LICKETY SPLIT.     I HAD TO WALK A LONG LONG WAY TO TO-WN.

             G
CAME ALONG A NICE OLD MAN WELL HE HAD A HAT ON.

C                            G
WAIT A MINUTE MISTER CAN YOU GET ME SOME DIRECTION.

                Am7      D7      G
I'M GONNA WANNA BE RIGHT OFF FOR HOME.
[Verse 3]
 N.C.   G
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,

                                   D7
IN THEM O- LD   COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.

       G                                    C               G
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,

                Am7    D7          G
IN THEM O- LD   COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
[Verse 4]
                   C                                            G
DON’T CARE IF THEM COTTON BALLS ARE GETTING’ ROTTEN, WHEN I GOT YOU BABY

          G                                       Am7     D7
WHO NEEDS COTTON, IN THEM O-LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.

             G                     G7              C
BROTHER ONLY ONE THING MORE THAT’S   GONNA WARM YA,  A SUMMER’S DAY OUT

   Am7        G                   Am7    D7          G
IN CALIFORNIA,  IT’S GONNA BE THE COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
[Interlude] G Am7 Am7 D7 G [Bridge]
       C                                G               Em
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA.

               G             Em                       G             Em
A GIVE ME THEM COTTON FIELDS,  LET ME HEAR IT FOR THE COTTON FIELDS.

G                  Em                 Am7     D7
  YOU KNOW THERE’S JUST NO PLACE LIKE HO-ME.
[Outro]
          G                              G7
OH BOY IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO BREATHE THE AIR BACK HOME,

               C                          Am7
YOU SHOULD ‘VE SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE HOW I GROWN,

        G      Am7    D7          C   G   G  (: Fade Out)
IN THEM O- LD  COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.