I Never Picked Cotton Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
89.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
B
F
F#
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D] [G] [E]
I never picked cotton like [A] my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did [A] and my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] working [E] in a coal mine.
[F] When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack.
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs.
[F#] And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run
that I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun.
[E] And I never picked cotton like [A] my mother [E] did and [A] my brother [E] did and [A] my sister [E] did and [A] my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine.
[F] Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then.
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again.
And it [F#] was fast cars and whiskey, long-legged girls and fun.
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun.
[E] And I never picked cotton [A] like [E] my mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister [A] did and my [E] daddy died young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine.
It [F] was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt and he said,
Go back to your cotton sack.
I left him lying in the dirt [F#] and 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 I can look back on with pride.
[E] But I never picked cotton [A] like my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did
[A] and my daddy [E] died young [B] working in [E] a coal mine.
I never picked [Em] cotton [E] [A] like my [E] mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister did
[A] and my [E] daddy died young [B] [E] working in a coal mine.
I never picked cotton like [A] my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did [A] and my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] working [E] in a coal mine.
[F] When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack.
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs.
[F#] And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run
that I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun.
[E] And I never picked cotton like [A] my mother [E] did and [A] my brother [E] did and [A] my sister [E] did and [A] my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine.
[F] Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then.
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again.
And it [F#] was fast cars and whiskey, long-legged girls and fun.
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun.
[E] And I never picked cotton [A] like [E] my mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister [A] did and my [E] daddy died young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine.
It [F] was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt and he said,
Go back to your cotton sack.
I left him lying in the dirt [F#] and 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 I can look back on with pride.
[E] But I never picked cotton [A] like my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did
[A] and my daddy [E] died young [B] working in [E] a coal mine.
I never picked [Em] cotton [E] [A] like my [E] mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister did
[A] and my [E] daddy died young [B] [E] working in a coal mine.
Key:
E
A
B
F
F#
E
A
B
[A] _ [D] _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I never picked cotton _ like [A] my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did [A] and my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] working [E] in a coal mine. _ _
_ _ [F] When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack.
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs.
[F#] And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run
that I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun.
[E] And I never picked cotton _ like [A] my mother [E] did and [A] my brother [E] did and [A] my sister [E] did and [A] my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine. _ _
_ _ [F] Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then.
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again.
And it [F#] was fast cars and whiskey, long-legged girls and fun.
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun.
[E] And I never picked cotton _ [A] like [E] my mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister [A] did and my [E] daddy died young
[B] _ [E] working in a coal mine. _ _
_ It [F] was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt and he said,
Go back to your cotton sack.
I left him lying in the dirt [F#] and 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 I can look back on with pride.
[E] But I never picked cotton _ _ [A] like my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did
[A] and my daddy [E] died young [B] working in [E] a coal mine.
I never picked [Em] cotton [E] _ [A] like my [E] mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister did
[A] and my [E] daddy died young [B] _ [E] working in a coal mine. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ I never picked cotton _ like [A] my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did [A] and my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] working [E] in a coal mine. _ _
_ _ [F] When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack.
I played in the dirt while the others worked till they couldn't straighten up their backs.
[F#] And I made myself a promise when I was old enough to run
that I'd never stay a single day in that Oklahoma sun.
[E] And I never picked cotton _ like [A] my mother [E] did and [A] my brother [E] did and [A] my sister [E] did and [A] my daddy [E] died [E] young
[B] [E] working in a coal mine. _ _
_ _ [F] Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then.
So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck and I never went back again.
And it [F#] was fast cars and whiskey, long-legged girls and fun.
I had everything that money could bring and I took it all with a gun.
[E] And I never picked cotton _ [A] like [E] my mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister [A] did and my [E] daddy died young
[B] _ [E] working in a coal mine. _ _
_ It [F] was Saturday night in Memphis when a redneck grabbed my shirt and he said,
Go back to your cotton sack.
I left him lying in the dirt [F#] and 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 I can look back on with pride.
[E] But I never picked cotton _ _ [A] like my mother [E] did [A] and my brother [E] did [A] and my sister [E] did
[A] and my daddy [E] died young [B] working in [E] a coal mine.
I never picked [Em] cotton [E] _ [A] like my [E] mother [A] did and my [E] brother [A] did and my [E] sister did
[A] and my [E] daddy died young [B] _ [E] working in a coal mine. _ _ _ _ _ _
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