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Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Before the beginning
Verse 1
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you know something already started
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Oh in the summer,
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smoking palace welcoming all the full hearted
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The sun will settle down,
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with blind anticipation
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Long that moon will shine it's light on
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a sordid celebration
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Before Cotton Was King
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Before sugar was queen
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Verse 3

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Rivers from the north lands stroll
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slowly to the sea
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Givin' birth to the city lights like
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it was always meant to be
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Ships sail in with foreign hands
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some who never leave
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Every child a woven basket the night

is new years eve
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When Cotton Was King
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When sugar was queen
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Float on shady the future is not afraid
Interlude 1

Hold on shady cat on the back of time's parade
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Float on shady the future is not afraid
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Hold on shady cat to the back of time's parade
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Verse 7
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Same souls have lived this place
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forever and a hundred years
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Every dazzling race so close
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that color disappears
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Tigers circlin' the tree they
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make butter on our bread
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Some will say they'll have their day -some
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that did have never said
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Cotton Was King
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Oh, sugar was queen
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Rice is the lady in waiting
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Oh, Cotton Was King
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • D

  • A

  • G

  • Dm

  • Bb

  • F

  • Em

  • C

  • Bm

    2

Capo: 0

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The original key of Cotton Was King by Widespread Panic is D major.

The primary chords used in Cotton Was King are D, A, G, Dm, Bb, F.

No capo is required for this song.

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