I Never Picked Cotton Chords by Roy Clark
Tempo:
104 bpm
Chords used:
G
F
Ab
Em
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
Working in the coal mine
[G]
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
I'm working in a coal mine
[G]
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it was fast cars and whiskey long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun, [F] but I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
Working in the coal mine
[G]
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] But I never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young
Working in a coal mine
But I never
Forgot
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
Working in the coal mine
[G]
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
I'm working in a coal mine
[G]
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it was fast cars and whiskey long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun, [F] but I never picked cotton
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
Working in the coal mine
[G]
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] But I never picked cotton
Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young
Working in a coal mine
But I never
Forgot
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_ _ _ _ _ _ I never picked cotton
_ _ _ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ Working in the coal mine _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never _ _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ I'm working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it was fast cars and whiskey long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun, [F] but I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ _ Working in the coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] But I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young
_ _ Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ But I never _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Forgot _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ I never picked cotton
_ _ _ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ Working in the coal mine _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
When I was just a baby too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs and I made myself [Em] a promise
When [G] I was big enough to run that i'd never stay a single day in that [Db] oklahoma sun [F] and I never _ _ _ _
But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ I'm working in a coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
Folks said I grew up early and that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole 10 bucks in a pickup truck and I never went back again
Then [Ab] it was fast cars and whiskey long-haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun, [F] but I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ But my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and my daddy died young
_ _ Working in the coal mine
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _
It was saturday night in memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt
And we said go back to your cotton sack collecting dying in the dirt
[Ab] They'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside and in the time I've got there ain't a hell of a lot that I can look back on with pride
[F] But I never picked cotton _ _ _
_ Like my mother did and my brother did and my sister did and I never died young
_ _ Working in a coal mine
_ _ _ _ But I never _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Forgot _ _ _ _ _