Key: F major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
Mae Jones were our neighbors a long time back
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They lived right down the road from us in a shack,
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just like our shack
The people worked the land together,
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and we learned to count on each other
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When you live off the land you don't have the time
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to think about another man's coulour
The cotton was high and the corn was growin' fine
Verse 2
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But
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another time
Verse 3
evenin' when the sun went down
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Willie would play and the kids would sing
And Daddy bring on his guitar,
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we'd play all through the night
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'Hey you play alright' (and that
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made me feel
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so good)
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when Saturday came around
Willie's house and say
from town?'
He'd say 'No, but why don't cha all
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stop on your way back through
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And I'll get Laura Mae to cook us some barbecue (you know,
Verse 5
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The cotton was high and the corn was
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Verse 6
The years rolled past our land,
and took back what they'd given
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We all knew we'd have to move
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if we were gonna make a livin'
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Sure it was hard to say goodbye to Willie and Laura
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Mae (Jones), oh yeah
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Verse 8
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The cotton was high and the corn was growin'
fine (the cotton was growin' fine)
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