Capo 1(Key: Eb)
[Intro]
D
[Verse 1]
D
When I was a little bitty baby
G D
My mama would rock me in the cradle
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
[Chorus]
D G
When them cotton bolls get rotten
D
You can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
[Verse 2]
D
When I was just sixteen
G
I went on down in New Orleans
D A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
[Chorus]
D G
When them cotton bolls get rotten
D
You can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
[Piano Solo]
D G D A
D G D A D
[Verse 3]
D
Well it ain't very funny
G
But we don't make very much money
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
Down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
[Out-Chorus]
D G
When them cotton bolls get rotten
D
You can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
G
When them cotton bolls get rotten
D
You can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cotton fields back home
G
When them cotton bolls get rotten
D
You can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cotton fields back home
D
It was down in Louisiana
G D
Just about a mile from Texarkana
A D G D
In them old cotton fields back home
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