{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1807027,"song":"I Never Picked Cotton","artist":"Roy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11398373-i-never-picked-cotton-chords-by-roy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1807027?type=chord","rating":4.83932,"votes":7,"content":"[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did\r\n\r\n       \r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n        \r\nWhen I was just a baby\r\n\r\n \r\nToo little for the cotton sack\r\n\r\n \r\nI played in the dirt while the others worked\r\n\r\n[tab]          [ch]D7[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTill they couldn't straighten their backs[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd I made my self a promise\r\n\r\n \r\nWhen I was old enough to run\r\n\r\n \r\nThat I'd never stay a single day\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn that Oklahoma sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did\r\n\r\n       \r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nFolks said that I grew up early\r\n\r\n \r\nAnd the farm couldn't hold me then\r\n\r\n \r\nSo I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I never went back again[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd it was fast cars and whiskey\r\n\r\n \r\nLong legged girls and fun\r\n\r\n \r\nI had everything that money could bring\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D7[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd I took it all with a gun[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did\r\n\r\n       \r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n \r\nIt was Saturday night in Memphis\r\n\r\n \r\nWhen a redneck grabbed my shirt\r\n\r\n \r\nAnd he said go back to your cotton sack\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI left him lying in the dirt[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n \r\nAnd they'll take me in the morning\r\n\r\n \r\nTo the gallows just outside\r\n\r\n \r\nAnd in the time I've got there ain’t a hell of a lot\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]D7[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can look back on with pride[/tab]\r\n\r\n \r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did\r\n\r\n       \r\nAnd my sister did and I’ll never die young\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWorking in a coal mine[/tab]","plain_text":"Like my mother did and my brother did\n\n       \nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\n\n\n\n \n        \nWhen I was just a baby\n\n \nToo little for the cotton sack\n\n \nI played in the dirt while the others worked\n\n\n\n \n \nAnd I made my self a promise\n\n \nWhen I was old enough to run\n\n \nThat I'd never stay a single day\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLike my mother did and my brother did\n\n       \nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\n\n\n\n\n \nFolks said that I grew up early\n\n \nAnd the farm couldn't hold me then\n\n \nSo I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck\n\n\n\n \n \nAnd it was fast cars and whiskey\n\n \nLong legged girls and fun\n\n \nI had everything that money could bring\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLike my mother did and my brother did\n\n       \nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young\n\n\n\n\n \nIt was Saturday night in Memphis\n\n \nWhen a redneck grabbed my shirt\n\n \nAnd he said go back to your cotton sack\n\n\n\n \n \nAnd they'll take me in the morning\n\n \nTo the gallows just outside\n\n \nAnd in the time I've got there ain’t a hell of a lot\n\n\n\n \n\n\n\nLike my mother did and my brother did\n\n       \nAnd my sister did and I’ll never die young","chords":["G","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}