Key: Eb major
Verse 1
D
Ebdim
A
D
Oh, yeah
F#
B
Cdim
Oh, Tommy reach over the corner
E
A
F#m
E
and get your cotton sack, let's go
Verse 2
D
C#m
A
F#m
Sitting on this plow daydreaming
Em
D
(oh, this plow hurts, yes)
G
F#
Thinking of the weeks to come
(that's what I was thinking)
B
Cdim
Old cotton patch is hot
C#m
F#
F#m
B
Can't think of a worse spot to be on a hot
Bm
E
A
summer day (oh, boy, go on)
E
A
Next week I will get my hoe
Verse 3
down (uh- huh)
D
G
And I'll hit the field at break of day (don't go down
Aaug
F#
B
there without your file, you know)
A
C#m
F#
my feet will hurt so bad
B
Ebdim
D
Bm
When I chop the cotton all the
A
F#m
A
F#m
F#
day (aw)
Verse 4
D
(uh- huh) they're
tired of walking
A
F#m
Up and down the cotton rows
D
A
B
so straight (yes)
They should pull their best 'cause
F#
F#m
B
They won't have very long
Verse 5
(now we're getting to it)
G
F#
that's all (yes, kneepads)
B
Cdim
My back will nearly break from
A
F#
dragging all this weight (oh)
F#m
D
E
When I start to picking cotton
Verse 7
but he playing the fiddle now
D
Aaug
G
F#
Bm
Cdim
C#m
A
F#
Yeah,
B
Ebdim
B
E
A
in a
C#m
A
tin yard sack
Interlude 1
D
G
F#
Bm
B
Cdim
A
F#
B
E
A
Verse 8
Ebdim
D
Mules been a- balking
Am
D
(uh- huh) they're tired of walking
A
F#m
A
Up and down the cotton rows so straight (talk on, boy,
F#m
B
I know what you mean)
They should pull their best 'cause
Verse 9
C#
F#
that's all (I said before I need packs)
B
C#m
My back will nearly break from
B
E
A
When I start to picking cotton this fall,
D
A
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