Cotton Mill Colic (1926)
Cotton Mill Colic (1926)

Cotton Mill Colic (1926) easy guitar chords by Pete Seeger

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    • Verse 1

    When you go 
    to work well 

    You work like 
    the devil 

    At the end of 
    the week 

    You're not on 
    the level 

    Payday 
    comes, 
    you ain't got 
    a 
    penny 

    'Cause 
    when you pay 
    your bills 

    You 
    got so 
    many 

    Verse 2
    I'm a- gonna 
    starve 
    and 

    everybody 
    will 

    'Cause 
    you can't make 
    a livin' 

    In a cotton 
    mill 




    Verse 3

    When you buy 
    clothes 
    on easy 
    terms 

    Collector 
    treats you like 

    a measly 
    worm 

    One dollar 
    down 
    and the Lord 

    knows 

    If you can't make 
    a 
    payment 

    They 
    take your 
    clothes 

    I'm a- gonna 
    starve 
    and 

    everybody 
    will 

    'Cause you 
    can't make 
    a livin' 

    In a cotton 
    mill 

    Verse 4
    Payday 
    comes, 
    you pay your 
    rent 

    End 
    of the week 
    you ain't got 
    a cent 

    To buy 
    fat backed 
    meat, 
    pinto 
    beans 

    Cook up 
    a mess 
    o' 
    turnip 

    greens 

    I'm a- gonna 
    starve 
    and 
    everybody 
    will 

    Verse 5
    'Cause you 

    can't make 
    a livin' 

    In a cotton 
    mill 


    Verse 6

    Ashes 
    to ashes 
    and dust to 
    dust 

    Let 
    the rich man 
    live and 

    the poor man 
    bust 

    We'll 
    never 
    make it, 
    we never 
    will 

    As long as 
    we work in 
    a 
    rounding 
    mill 

    I'm 
    a- gonna 
    Verse 7
    starve 
    and 

    everybody 
    will 

    'Cause 
    you can't make 
    a livin' 

    In a cotton 
    mill 


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