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I Never Picked Cotton chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: A major•BPM: 182
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I never picked cotton
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But my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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A
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And my daddy died young
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Workin' in a coal mine
Verse 2
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When I was just a baby

Too little for the cotton sack

I played in the dirt

While the others worked

'Til they couldn't

straighten up their backs
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And I made myself a promise

When I was old enough to run

That I'd never stay a single day

In that Oklahoma sun
Verse 3
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And I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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D

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And my brother did
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D
D

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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
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Workin' in a coal mine
Verse 4
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Folks said that I grew up early

And the farm couldn't hold me then

So I stole ten bucks and a pickup truck

And I never went back again
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And it was fast cars and whiskey

Long legged girls and fun

I had everything that money could bring

And I took it all with a gun
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And I never
Verse 5

picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my sister did
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And my daddy died young
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Workin' in a coal mine
Verse 6
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It was Saturday 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
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And they'll take me in the morning

To the gallows just outside

And in the time I got

There ain't a hell of a lot

I can look back on with pride
Verse 7
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But I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my daddy died young
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Workin' in a coal mine
Verse 8
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I never picked cotton
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Like my mother did
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And my brother did
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And my daddy died young
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Workin' in a coal mine
Outro 1
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An acoustic guitar head with tuning pegs

Tuning:Standard Open Tuner
Chords

  • G

  • C

  • F

  • D

  • A

  • Eb

    6

  • E

Capo: 2

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