Chords for Johnny Cash - Pickin' Time, Big River & I Was There

album, and we hope all of you do.
[Bb] _ Tell the story about how we used to live, or how [Ab] we used to live.
We loved it very [Bb] much back in Arkansas.
_ [Db] _ [Ab] I was kind [N] of dependent on cotton for a living, and looked forward to picking [Db] time.
_ I got cotton in [Ab] the bottom land, it's up [N] and growing, and I [Db] got a good spot.
_ _ My good [Gb] wife and them [Ab] kids are long, _ gonna get new shoes [Db] done. _
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_ [Ab] _ The Lord [Db] that my kids is in, they live all [Ab] season, day and night. _
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[Ab] Get on the back road, [Db] _ _ _ _
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_ turn it off [Db] pretty early at night.
A drop of the [Ab] law calls for thine, _ but I'll stab late, [Db] come the end of time.
We are blades of the wind and light. _ _ _
My old [Ab] wagon barely gets rid of sound.
I packed the wheels in [Db] my water, _ _ _ [Ab] sure she'll be fine.
_ _ Oh, my cotton [Db] comes quicker than time.
[Ab] Oh, my cotton [Db] comes quicker than time.
_ _ [F] Bless, _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _ _ _
[Db] it [Ab] was still nearly [G] empty, back [Db] to the grass.
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] Smile and you'll see. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ The [Db] Lord awaits. _ _ _
[Ab] The Lord awaits.
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_ _ My life also has _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] a clear blue. _
_ [Fm] Tears of [F] that price, that woman, [Bbm] gonna put you bigger and bigger, [F] and I'm gonna sit [C] right here [Fm] till I die.
_ [F] _ I met her accidentally at _ _ Mount Cook, and it fooled me up every time [G] I heard her [Cm] draw southern girls.
[F] Then I heard her dream, look back down, [Bb] aboard Midnavig.
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_ you said you needed to say to Louie, later on down the river.
Up three days, six weeks, been here, [G] but she's gone, [C] boy, she's gone.
[F] I found her trail in Memphis, [Bbm] but she just walked up across, [F] she leaves a few eyebrows [C] in it.
[Fm] Oh, whoa.
_ _ [F] _ _ How about that move?
_ _ _ A little.
_ [Fm] Make that woman on down from your [G] lean, [C] your own.
[F] For all night I've had _ [Fm] _ _ [Bb] _
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_ [N] _ _ _ a_
I'd
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_ _ [Eb] like to sing a [A] spiritual, [B] our [Eb] first son album, [F] have we heard of?
[Db] I've never [Ab] seen this song.
I don't know this one.
[Gm] It's one of our all-time [Db] favorite songs.
_ _ [Ab] _ [Bb] By Ernie Jones.
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Right here.
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_ _ _ _ _ [B] I was so afraid to do that.
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[Bb] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _ _ [N] What was I saying?
What was I talking about? _ _ _ _
Spiritual, one of our favorites, Jimmy Davis had a wonderful record on it, we also [A] recorded it on [Gb] our_
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[B] [Db] Oh, that was there [Ab] when it happened.
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_ [Bb] _ _ [F] _ Oh, boy.
Oh, I thought _ _ _ [Bb] _ this was [F]
a_
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_ _ _ _ _ But _
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_ _ _ _ I was there [F] when it happened, [C] so I guess I [F] ought to [Bb] know.
_ [F] _ _ [C] Yes, I know when Jesus prayed.
_ When _ [Gm] [F] Paul prayed.
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God, _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ I'm ashamed of [Bb] him. _
_ God, I was [F] there when it [C] happened, so I guess I ought to [Bb] know.
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_ _ _ Yes, Jesus, _
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_ _ the medium.
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_ I was [F] there when it happened, so [C] I guess I ought [F] to [Bb] know. _
[Fm] _ Yes, I know [B] when [C] Jesus left, _ _ _ every moment he [F] forgave me.
He took away [G] my heavy burden, Lord, he gave me [C] peace of mind. _ _
_ [F] He said, you can't touch the water, _ _ I said, I ain't [Bb] gonna water. _ _
I was there [F] when it happened, [C] so I guess I ought to know.
_ I ought to [F] know. _
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