Key: G major
Verse 1
C
G
C
But my mother did, and my brother did,
G
C
and my sister did,
G
C
G
and my daddy died young
When I was just a baby,
too little for a cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
and couldn't straighten up their backs
And I made myself a promise
when I was big enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day
But I never picked cotton
C
G
But my mother did
C
G
and my brother did
C
G
and my sister did
C
G
And my daddy died young
Folks said I grew up early
And that the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks in a pickup truck
and I never went back again
long -haired girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring
G
Bb
A
G
and I took it all with a gun
But I never get caught
C
G
But my mother did and
C
G
my brother did
C
G
and my sister did
C
G
and my daddy died young
It was Saturday night in Memphis
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
And he said, go back to your cotton sack
I left him dyin' in the dirt
To the gallows just outside
And in the time I got
There ain't a hell of a lot
That I can look back on with pride
C
G
But I never pick cotton
G
C
And my brother did
G
C
And my sister did
G
C
G
And I'll never die young
D
G
Workin' in a coal mine
D
G
Workin' in a coal mine
D
G
Workin' in a coal mine you
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsG C A Bb D
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