Chords for Johnny Cash - Pickin' Time
Tempo:
77.8 bpm
Chords used:
G#
C#
F#
C
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I got cotton in the [G#] bottom land.
It's up and [F#] growing and [C#] I got a good stand.
My good [C] wife and them [G#] kids of mine, gonna get new shoes come picking time.
Get new [C#] shoes come picking time.
Every [G#] night when I go to bed, I thank the [C#] Lord that my kids are fed.
They [G#] live on beans eight days a night.
But I get them fat [C#] come [G#] picking time.
Get them fat [C#] come picking time.
[G#] The corn is yellow and the beans are high.
The sun is hot [C#] in the summer sky.
The work is hard [G#] till laying by.
Laying by [C#] till picking time.
[G#] Laying by [C#] till picking time.
It's hard to see [G#] by the full of light.
And I turn it off [C#] pretty early at night.
Cause a jug of coal [G#] all cost a dime.
But I stay up late [C#] come picking [G#] time.
Stay up late [C#] come picking time.
My old wagon [G#] barely gets me to town.
I patched the wheels [C#] and I watered them down.
Keep her in shape [G#] so she'll be fine.
Till all my cotton [C#] come picking time.
[G#] All my cotton [C#] come picking time.
Last Sunday morning when [G#] they passed the hat.
It was still nearly empty back [C#] where I sat.
But the preacher [G#] smiled and said that's fine.
[C#] The Lord will wait till picking [G#] time.
The Lord will wait [C#] till picking time.
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It's up and [F#] growing and [C#] I got a good stand.
My good [C] wife and them [G#] kids of mine, gonna get new shoes come picking time.
Get new [C#] shoes come picking time.
Every [G#] night when I go to bed, I thank the [C#] Lord that my kids are fed.
They [G#] live on beans eight days a night.
But I get them fat [C#] come [G#] picking time.
Get them fat [C#] come picking time.
[G#] The corn is yellow and the beans are high.
The sun is hot [C#] in the summer sky.
The work is hard [G#] till laying by.
Laying by [C#] till picking time.
[G#] Laying by [C#] till picking time.
It's hard to see [G#] by the full of light.
And I turn it off [C#] pretty early at night.
Cause a jug of coal [G#] all cost a dime.
But I stay up late [C#] come picking [G#] time.
Stay up late [C#] come picking time.
My old wagon [G#] barely gets me to town.
I patched the wheels [C#] and I watered them down.
Keep her in shape [G#] so she'll be fine.
Till all my cotton [C#] come picking time.
[G#] All my cotton [C#] come picking time.
Last Sunday morning when [G#] they passed the hat.
It was still nearly empty back [C#] where I sat.
But the preacher [G#] smiled and said that's fine.
[C#] The Lord will wait till picking [G#] time.
The Lord will wait [C#] till picking time.
[N]
Key:
G#
C#
F#
C
G#
C#
F#
C
I got cotton in the [G#] bottom land.
It's up and [F#] growing and [C#] I got a good stand.
My good [C] wife and them [G#] kids of mine, gonna get new shoes come picking time.
Get new [C#] shoes come picking time.
_ Every [G#] night when I go to bed, I thank the [C#] Lord that my kids are fed.
They [G#] live on beans eight days a night.
But I get them fat [C#] come [G#] picking time.
Get them fat [C#] come picking time. _
[G#] The corn is yellow and the beans are high.
The sun is hot [C#] in the summer sky.
The work is hard [G#] till laying by. _ _
Laying by [C#] till picking time.
[G#] Laying by [C#] till picking time. _
It's hard to see [G#] by the full of light.
And I turn it off [C#] pretty early at night.
Cause a jug of coal [G#] all cost a dime.
_ But I stay up late [C#] come picking [G#] time.
Stay up late [C#] come picking time. _
My old wagon [G#] barely gets me to town.
I patched the wheels [C#] and I watered them down.
Keep her in shape [G#] so she'll be fine.
_ Till all my cotton [C#] come picking time.
[G#] All my cotton [C#] come picking time.
_ Last Sunday morning when [G#] they passed the hat.
It was still nearly empty back [C#] where I sat.
But the preacher [G#] smiled and said that's fine.
[C#] The Lord will wait till picking [G#] time.
The Lord will wait [C#] till picking time. _ _ _ _
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It's up and [F#] growing and [C#] I got a good stand.
My good [C] wife and them [G#] kids of mine, gonna get new shoes come picking time.
Get new [C#] shoes come picking time.
_ Every [G#] night when I go to bed, I thank the [C#] Lord that my kids are fed.
They [G#] live on beans eight days a night.
But I get them fat [C#] come [G#] picking time.
Get them fat [C#] come picking time. _
[G#] The corn is yellow and the beans are high.
The sun is hot [C#] in the summer sky.
The work is hard [G#] till laying by. _ _
Laying by [C#] till picking time.
[G#] Laying by [C#] till picking time. _
It's hard to see [G#] by the full of light.
And I turn it off [C#] pretty early at night.
Cause a jug of coal [G#] all cost a dime.
_ But I stay up late [C#] come picking [G#] time.
Stay up late [C#] come picking time. _
My old wagon [G#] barely gets me to town.
I patched the wheels [C#] and I watered them down.
Keep her in shape [G#] so she'll be fine.
_ Till all my cotton [C#] come picking time.
[G#] All my cotton [C#] come picking time.
_ Last Sunday morning when [G#] they passed the hat.
It was still nearly empty back [C#] where I sat.
But the preacher [G#] smiled and said that's fine.
[C#] The Lord will wait till picking [G#] time.
The Lord will wait [C#] till picking time. _ _ _ _
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