One Row At A Time chords by Merle Haggard

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Verse 1
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 (C major) The southeast Georgia red clay
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dust is  (F major) groundin' to my  (C major) blue jeans
A heavy hundred pound cotton sack
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draggin' along be (G major) hind
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 (C major) Wanting to leave this place so bad,
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I for (F major) get how I got  (C major) here
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Workin' my  (F major) way back  (C major) home,
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 (G major) one row at  (C major) a time

Verse 2
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It's a long  (F major) old cotton road
between here and Waco
Then, three days a- thumbin'
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through that California  (G major) line
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F 
And  (C major) two more days of pickin' to that house (F major) ,
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just south of Fresno  (C major) 
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Workin' my  (F major) way back  (C major) home,
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 (G major) one row  (C major) at a time

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Verse 3
C 
F 
 (C major) Mississippi delta mud is caked  (F major) in
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layers on my brogans  (C major) 
Sunshine on snow white cotton,
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nearly makes  (F major) me blind  (G major)  (C major) 
I can almost see 'em now,
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a  (F major) home folk runnin' out to meet me  (C major) 
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Workin' my  (F major) way back  (C major) home,
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 (G major) one row  (C major) at a time

Verse 4
F 
It's a long,  (F major) old cotton road
between here and Waco
Then, three days a- thumbin' through
G 
that California  (G major) line, Lord, Lord
C 
F 
 (C major) Two more days of pickin' to that house (F major) ,
C 
just south of Fresno  (C major) 
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C 
Workin' my  (F major) way back  (C major) home,
G 
C 
 (G major) one row at a  (C major) time
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C 
 (F major) Workin' my way back  (C major) home,
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C 
 (G major) one row  (C major) at a time