Pickin' Time chords by
Johnny Cash
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Key: Ab major

Verse 1
C C 
 
G G 
 
I  got cotton in the bottom land
C C 
 
It's up and growin' and
I got a good stand
Em Em 
 
G G 
 
My good wife and them kids of mine
Gonna get new shoes,
C C 
 
G G 
 
come pickin' time
C C 
 
Get new shoes come pickin' time

Verse 2
C C 
 
G G 
 
Ev'ry night when I  go to bed
C C 
 
I thank the Lord that my kids are fed
G G 
 
They live on beans eight days and nine
C C 
 
G G 
 
But I get 'em fat come pickin' time
Get 'em fat come
C C 
 
come pickin' time

Verse 3
C C 
 
G G 
 
The corn is yellow and the beans are high
C C 
 
The sun is hot in the summer sky
G G 
 
The work is hard til layin' by
C C 
 
Layin' by til pickin' time
G G 
 
C C 
 
Layin' by til pickin' time

Verse 4
C C 
 
G G 
 
It's hard to see by the coal-oil light
light
C C 
 
And I turn it off purty early at night
'Cause a jug of coal-oil
G G 
 
costs costs a dime
C C 
 
But I stay up late come pickin' time
G G 
 
C C 
 
Stay up late come pickin' time

Verse 5
C C 
 
G G 
 
My old wagon barely gets
me to town
I patched the wheels and I
C C 
 
watered 'em down
G G 
 
Keep her in shape so she'll be fine
C C 
 
To haul my cotton come pickin' time
G G 
 
C C 
 
Haul my cotton come pickin' time

Verse 6
C C 
 
Last Sunday mornin' when
G G 
 
they passed the hat
C C 
 
It was still nearly empty back where I sat
But the preacher smiled
G G 
 
and said that's fine
C C 
 
The Lord'll wait til pickin' time
G G 
 
C C 
 
The Lord'll wait til pickin' time

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