Mississippi cotton picking delta town chords by The Hit Crew
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In a
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Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town,
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One dusty street to walk
up and down,
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Nothin' much to see but a starry town,
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In a
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Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town.
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Down in the delta where I was born
All we raised was cotton,
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potatoes and corn
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I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt
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Dragging a sack through that delta dirt
And I've worked hard the
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whole week long
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Picking my fingers to the blood and bone
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There ain't a lot of money in a cotton band,
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at least when you try to sell.
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In a
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Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town,
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one dusty street to walk up and down.
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Nothin' much to see but a star and a pound,
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in a
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Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town.
On
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Saturday nights, we'd get dressed up,
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catch us a ride on a pickup truck, on a gravel road,
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it nearly strangled us,
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that cotton -pickin'
Delta
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Dust.
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We'd sit across the street on the depot porch,
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lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us,
Bunchin' on a dust -covered
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ice cream cone
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Wondering how we get back home
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From a
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Mississippi cotton -pickin'
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Delta town
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One dusty street to walk
up and down
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Nothin' much to do but just hang around
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In a
Mississippi cotton -pickin'
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Delta town
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From a
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Mississippi cotton -pickin'
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Delta town
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One dusty street to walk up and down
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Nothin' much to do but just hang around
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In a
Mississippi cotton pickin' delta town
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Mississippi cotton picking delta town
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