I Never Picked Cotton chords by Johnny Cash
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (F major) (D major)
Verse 1
I never (D major) picked cotton
But my mother (G major) did (D major)
And my brother (G major) did (D major)
And my sister (G major) did (D major)
And my (G major) daddy died (D major) young (G major) (D major) (A major)
Workin' in a coal (D major) mine
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Verse 2
(D major)
When (E flat major) 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
And I (E major) 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
And I never (D major) picked cotton
Like my (G major) mother did (D major)
And my brother (G major) did (D major)
And my sister (G major) did (D major)
And my (G major) daddy died (D major) young (A major)
Workin' in a coal (D major) mine
Verse 4
(D major)
Folks said (E flat major) 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
And it was fast (E major) cars and whiskey
Long legged girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring
And I took it all with a gun
And I (D major) never
Verse 5
picked cotton
Like my mother (G major) did (D major)
And my brother (G major) did (D major)
And my sister (G major) did (D major)
And my (G major) daddy died (D major) young (A major)
Workin' in a coal (D major) mine
Verse 6
(D major)
It was Sat (E flat major) 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 (E major) 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
But I never (D major) picked cotton
Like my mother (G major) did (D major)
And my (G major) brother did (D major)
And my sister (G major) did (D major)
And my daddy (G major) died (D major) young (A major)
Workin' in a coal (D major) mine
Verse 8
(D major)
I never picked cotton
Like my mother (G major) did (D major)
And my brother (G major) did (D major)
And my sister (G major) did (D major)
And my daddy (G major) died (D major) young (A major)
Workin' in a coal (D major) mine
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(D major)
I Never Picked Cotton
Johnny Cash
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