Jesus Was Our Saviour And Cotton Was Our King chords by
Billy Joe Shaver

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Key: A major

Verse 1
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The wagon wheels are turning
C C 
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with a cobble colored sound
Cm Cm 3
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D D 
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When me and little Davey rode
G G 
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the first load into town
The cotton gin was ginning out
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the pennies for the pounds
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Dm Dm 
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Like a giant vacuum cleaner
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G G 
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sucking lint up off the ground

Verse 2
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Our freckled faces sparkled then
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Cm Cm 3
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like diamonds in the rough
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D D 
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With smiles that smelled of snaggle-
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teeth and good old Garrett snuff
If I could, I would be trading all
C C 
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this fat back for the lean
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When Jesus was our savior
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and cotton was our king

Verse 3
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This kind of life we're living
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beats all I ever seen
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Guess some of us was born for
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picking things and eaten beans
Still, I reckon we're all digging
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something well in our means
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'Cause Jesus is our savior now
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but cotton ain't our king

Verse 4
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Our freckled faces sparkled then like
Cm Cm 3
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C C 
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diamonds in the rough
D D 
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With smiles that smelled of
G G 
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snaggleteeth and good old Garrett snuff
If I could, I would be trading all
C C 
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this fat back for the lean
D D 
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When Jesus was our savior and
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cotton was our king

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