The Beach Boys – Cotton Fields The Cotton Song (Ukulele)
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Chords
COTTONFIELDS: BEACH BOYS (in: Ab) (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.
Chorus:
|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.