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I Never Picked Cotton by Johnny Cash
I Never Picked Cotton
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Chorus I never picked cotton
A E A E
like my mother did and my brother did
A E
and my sister did
A
and my daddy died young
E
in a coal mine
F
1. When I was just a baby
too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
til they couldn't straighten their backs
F#
and I made my self a promise
when I was old enough to run
that I'd never stay a single day
in that Oaklahoma sun
And I...
Chorus
F
2. Folks said that I grew up early
and the farm couldn't hold me then
so I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck
and I never went back again
F#
and it was fast cars and wiskey
long legged girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring
and I took it all with a gun
And I...
Chorus
F
3. It was Saturday night in Memphis
when a redneck grabbed my shirt
and he said go back to your cotton sack
I left him lyin in the dirt
F#
and they'll take me in the morning
to the gallows just outside
and in the time I've got their aint a hell of a lot
I can look back on with pride
But I...
Chorus X2
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version 2
Tuning:E A D G B E
Capo:no capo
[Intro]
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[Chorus]
E E
I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E A E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7 E E E
Working in a coal mine
[Verse 1]
F
When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack
F
I played in the dirt, while the others worked, til they couldn't straighten their backs
F#
And I made my self a promise, when I was old enough to run
F#
That I'd never stay, a single day, in that Oklahoma sun
[Chorus]
E E
And I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E A E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7 E E E
Working in a coal mine
[Verse 2]
F
Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then
F
So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck and I never went back again
F#
And it was fast cars and wiskey, long legged girls and fun
I had everything, that money could bring and I took it all with a gun
[Chorus]
E E
And I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E A E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7 E E E
Working in a coal mine
[Verse 3]
F
It was Saturday night in Memphis, when a redneck grabbed my shirt
F
And he said go back, to your cotton sack, I left him lyin in the dirt
F#
And they'll take me in the morning, to the gallows just outside
F#
And in the time I've got, their aint a hell of a lot, I can look back on with pride
[Chorus]
E E
But I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E A E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7 E E E
Working in a coal mine
[Chorus]
E E
I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E A E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7 E
Working in a coal mine
[Outro]
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