Cotton Patch Blues chords by
Merle Haggard
The Strangers

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Key: Bb major

Verse 1

C#dim

(Bob Wills - Billy Joe Moore)

Verse 2
G G 
 
E E 
 
A A 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
Daug Daug 
 
G G 
 
Yeah, sittin' on this plow
D D 
 
day
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
G G 
 
F F 
 
E E 
 
dreamin' thinkin' of the weeks to come
Am Am 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
Ole cotton patch is hot
G G 
 
D D 
 
E E 
 
can't think of a worse spot
A A 
 
Dsus4 Dsus4 
 
D D 
 
To be on a hot summer day
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
Next week I will get my hoe down
G G 
 
F F 
 
E E 
 
and hit the field at break of day
Am Am 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
That will be so sad   my
G G 
 
E E 
 
feet will hurt so bad
A A 
 
When I chop the cotton
Daug Daug 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
all    the day.

Verse 3
C C 
 
Ole mule been a bawkin' they're
tired of walkin'
G G 
 
Up and down this cotton
D D 
 
G G 
 
row so straight
Abaug Abaug 
 
A A 
 
But they should pull their best
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
cause soon they'll get a rest
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
They don't have very long to wait.

Verse 4
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
When the pickin' starts next fall
G G 
 
F F 
 
E E 
 
I'll need my cotton sack that's all
Am Am 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
My back will nearly break    from
G G 
 
E E 
 
pullin' all that weight
A A 
 
D D 
 
When I start to pickin' cotton
next fall.
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 

Verse 5

Daug

There's them boys Elden,

Bbdim

Tiny and Roy

- - - Instrumental - - -

Verse 6
C C 
 
These ole mules been a bawkin' they're
tired of walkin'
G G 
 
Up and down this cotton
D D 
 
G G 
 
row so straight
Abdim Abdim 
 
A A 
 
But they should pull their best
D D 
 
Ebdim Ebdim 
 
cause soon they'll get a rest
Em Em 
 
A A 
 
They don't have very long
Am Am 
 
D D 
 
Daug Daug 
 
to wait.

Verse 7
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
When the pickin' starts
G G 
 
Daug Daug 
 
next  fall
G G 
 
F F 
 
E E 
 
I'll need my cotton sack that's all
Am Am 
 
Bbdim Bbdim 
 
My back will nearly break    from
G G 
 
E E 
 
draggin' all that weight
A A 
 
When I start to pickin' cotton
D D 
 
next fall.
G G 
 
C C 
 
C#dim C#dim 
 

Verse 8

Oh Lord, yeah, cotton patch blues...

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