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Cotton Fields chords by Lead Belly

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Verse 1
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 (A major) When I was a little baby,
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my  (E major) mother  (D major) rocked me in the cradle,  (A major) 
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In them ole cotton fields at  (E major) home
A 
When I  (A major) was a little baby,
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my mother  (D major) rocked me in the cradle,  (A major) 
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In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

Chorus 1
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Oh when them  (D major) cotton balls get rotten,
A 
you couldn't  (A major) pick very much cotton,
E 
In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at home
A 
It was  (A major) down in Louisiana,
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just a  (D major) mile from Texakar (A major) na,
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In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

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Verse 2

It may sound a little funny,

but you didn't make very much money,

In them ole cotton fields at home

It may sound a little funny,

but you didn't make very much money,

In them ole cotton fields at home

Chorus 2
D 
Oh when them  (D major) cotton balls get rotten,
A 
you couldn't  (A major) pick very much cotton,
E 
In them ole cotton fields at home  (E major) 
A 
It was  (A major) down in Louisiana,
D 
A 
just a  (D major) mile from Texakar (A major) na,
E 
A 
In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

Verse 3
A 
I was  (A major) home in Arkansas,
D 
A 
people ask me  (D major) what you come here for,  (A major) 
E 
In them ole cotton fields at  (E major) home
A 
I was  (A major) home in Arkansas,
D 
A 
people ask me  (D major) what you come here for,  (A major) 
E 
A 
In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

Chorus 3
D 
Oh when them  (D major) cotton balls get rotten,
A 
you couldn't  (A major) pick very much cotton,
E 
In them ole cotton fields at home  (E major) 
A 
It was  (A major) down in Louisiana,
D 
A 
just a  (D major) mile from Texakar (A major) na,
E 
A 
In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

Chorus 4
D 
Oh when them  (D major) cotton balls get rotten,
A 
you couldn't  (A major) pick very much cotton,
E 
In them ole cotton fields at home  (E major) 
A 
It was  (A major) down in Louisiana,
D 
A 
just a  (D major) mile from Texakar (A major) na,
E 
A 
In them ole  (E major) cotton fields at  (A major) home

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Cotton Fields

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