Cotton Mill Colic (1926) chords by Pete Seeger
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Verse 1
(D major)
(A major) (D major) 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 (A major) penny
'Cause when you pay your bills
You got so (D major) many
Verse 2
I'm a- gonna (A major) starve and
(D major) everybody will
'Cause you can't make a livin'
In a cotton mill
(A major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (E minor)
(A major) (D major)
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Verse 3
(A major) (D major)
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 (A major) payment
They take your clothes
(D major) I'm a- gonna (A major) starve and
(D major) everybody (A major) will
'Cause you (D major) can't make a livin'
In a cotton mill (A major)
Verse 4
(D major) 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' (A major) turnip
greens
(D major) I'm a- gonna (A major) starve and (D major) everybody (A major) will
Verse 5
'Cause you (D major)
can't make a livin'
In a cotton mill (G major) (B minor)
(D major) (A major) (D major)
(A major) (D major)
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 (A major) rounding mill
(D major) I'm a- gonna
Verse 7
(A major) starve and
(D major) everybody will
'Cause you can't make a livin'
In a cotton mill
(A major)
Cotton Mill Colic (1926)
Pete Seeger
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