{"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":1144023,"song":"Cotton Jenny","artist":"Gordon Lightfoot","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1144023-cotton-jenny-chords-by-gordon-lightfoot/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1144023?type=chord","rating":4.90803,"votes":277,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  x4\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's a house on a hill [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBy a worn down weathered old mill [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIn the valley be-low where the river winds [/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThere's no such thing as bad times [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a soft southern flame [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nOh Cotton Jenny's her name [/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she wakes me up when the sun goes down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd the wheels of love go round [/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nWheels of love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nLove go round, love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nWhat a joyful sound [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nI ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBut then the wheels go round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a new day begins [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]   \r\nI go down to the cotton gin [/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I make my time worth while to them [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nThen I climb back up a-gain [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she waits by the door [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nOh Cotton Jenny I'm sore [/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd she rubs my feet while the sun goes down [/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the wheel of love goes round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nWheels of love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nLove go round, love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nA joyful sound [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nI ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBut then the wheels go round [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  x2\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn the hot, sickly south [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nWhen they say we'll shut my mouth [/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can never be free from the cotton grind [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nBut I know I got what's mine [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe's a soft southern flame [/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]    \r\nOh Cotton Jenny's her name [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe wakes me up when the sun goes down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nAnd the wheels of love go round[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nWheels of love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]     \r\nLove go round, love go round [/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nA joyful sound [/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     \r\nI ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend [/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G[/ch]     \r\nBut then the wheels go round [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\n(repeat and fade)[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nG  C/G  G7  C/G  x4\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C/G  G7  C/G  x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG  C/G  G7  C/G  x2\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["G","C/G","G7","C","D","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}