Jesus Was Our Saviour And Cotton Was Our King chords by Johnny Cash

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
 (D major) Wagon wheels are turning with the
G 
 (G major) cobble colored sound
A 
When  (A major) me and little Tommy rode
D 
the first load in the town  (D major) 
The cotton gin was ginning out
G 
the  (G major) pennies for the pounds
A 
Like a  (A major) giant vacuum cleaner
sucking lint up off the ground
D 
 (D major) 

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Verse 2
Our freckled faces sparkled then like
G 
 (G major) diamonds in the rough
A 
With smiles  (A major) it smells of snaggleteeth and
D 
good old Gar (D major) ett snuff
If I could I would be tradin' all
G 
this  (G major) fat back for the lean
A 
When  (A major) Je sus was our saviour
D 
and cotton was our  (D major) king

Verse 3
D 
This  (D major) kind of life we're living
G 
beats  (G major) all I've ever seen
A 
Seems  (A major) some of us was born for
D 
picking things and eaten  (D major) beans
Still I reckon we're all diggin' fairly
G 
well  (G major) within our means
A 
'Cause  (A major) Jesus was our Saviour
D 
and cotton was our  (D major) king

Verse 4
D 
Our  (D major) freckled faces sparkled then like
G 
 (G major) diamonds in the rough
A 
With smiles  (A major) it smells of snaggleteeth and
D 
good old Garett s (D major) nuff
If I could I would be tradin' all
G 
this  (G major) fat back for the lean
A 
When  (A major) Jesus was our saviour and
D 
cotton was our  (D major) king

Interlude 1

Verse 5
Eb 
Our  (E flat major) freckled faces sparkled then
Ab 
like  (A flat major) diamonds in the rough
Bb 
With smiles  (B flat major) it smells of snaggleteeth and
Eb 
good old Garett s (E flat major) nuff
If I could I would be tradin' all
Ab 
this  (A flat major) fat back for the lean
Bb 
When  (B flat major) Jesus was our Saviour and cotton
Eb 
was our  (E flat major) king.