I Never Picked Cotton

I Never Picked Cotton easy guitar chords by Johnny Cash

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  • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    never 
    picked 
    cotton 

    But 
    my 
    mother 
    did 

    And 
    my brother 
    did 

    And 
    my sister 
    did 

    And 
    my 
    daddy 
    died 
    young 

    Workin' 
    in 
    a coal 
    mine 

    Verse 2

    When 
    was 
    just 
    a baby 

    Too 
    little 
    for 
    the 
    cotton 
    sack 

    played 
    in 
    the 
    dirt 

    While 
    the 
    others 
    worked 

    'Til 
    they couldn't 

    straighten 
    up 
    their 
    backs 

    And 
    made 
    myself 
    promise 

    When 
    was 
    old 
    enough 
    to 
    run 

    That 
    I'd 
    never 
    stay 
    a single 
    day 

    In 
    that 
    Oklahoma 
    sun 

    Verse 3
    And 
    I never 
    picked 
    cotton 

    Like 
    my 
    mother 
    did 

    And 
    my brother 
    did 

    And 
    my sister 
    did 

    And 
    my 
    daddy 
    died 
    young 

    Workin' 
    in 
    a coal 
    mine 

    Verse 4

    Folks 
    said 
    that 
    I grew 
    up 
    early 

    And 
    the farm 
    couldn't 
    hold 
    me 
    then 

    So 
    I stole 
    ten 
    bucks 
    and 
    pickup 
    truck 

    And 
    I never 
    went 
    back 
    again 

    And it 
    was 
    fast 
    cars 
    and 
    whiskey 

    Long 
    legged 
    girls 
    and 
    fun 

    had 
    everything 
    that 
    money 
    could 
    bring 

    And 
    I took 
    it 
    all 
    with 
    a gun 

    And 
    never 
    Verse 5
    picked 
    cotton 

    Like 
    my mother 
    did 

    And 
    my brother 
    did 

    And 
    my sister 
    did 

    And 
    my 
    daddy 
    died 
    young 

    Workin' 
    in 
    a coal 
    mine 

    Verse 6

    It 
    was 
    Sat
    urday 
    night 
    in 
    Memphis 

    When 
    a redneck 
    grabbed 
    my 
    shirt 

    And 
    he said 
    go 
    back 
    to 
    your 
    cotton 
    sack 

    I left 
    him 
    lying 
    in 
    the 
    dirt 

    And 
    they'll 
    take 
    me 
    in 
    the morning 

    To 
    the gallows 
    just 
    outside 

    And 
    in 
    the time 
    got 

    There 
    ain't 
    a hell 
    of 
    a lot 

    can 
    look 
    back 
    on 
    with 
    pride 

    Verse 7
    But 
    I never 
    picked 
    cotton 

    Like 
    my mother 
    did 

    And 
    my 
    brother 
    did 

    And 
    my sister 
    did 

    And 
    my daddy 
    died 
    young 

    Workin' 
    in 
    a coal 
    mine 

    Verse 8

    never 
    picked 
    cotton 

    Like 
    my mother 
    did 

    And 
    my brother 
    did 

    And 
    my sister 
    did 

    And 
    my daddy 
    died 
    young 

    Workin' 
    in 
    a coal 
    mine 

    Outro 1

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