{"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":2115117,"song":"California Cotton Fields","artist":"Greg Graffin","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11459246-california-cotton-fields-chords-by-greg-graffin/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2115117?type=chord","rating":4.88355,"votes":6,"content":"GREG GRAFFIN - CALIFORNIA COTTON FIELDS\r\n\r\nalbum version - COLD AS CLAY\r\n___________________________________\r\n___________________________________\r\n\r\n[tab][INTRO]\r\ne|---------|\r\nb|---------|\r\ng|---------|\r\nd|---------|\r\na|---------|\r\ne|-2-4-----|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 1]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy driftin' memory goes back to the spring of '42[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a child in Momma's arms[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy Daddy plowed the fields and prayed and did all he could do[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]E7[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTo save that broke-down Oklahoma farm[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThen one night I heard my Daddy sayin' to my Momma[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                             [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nThat he finally saved enough for us to go[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCalifornia was his dream, a paradise that he had seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIn pictures and the magazines had told him so[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere labor camps were filled with worried men and broken dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas as close to wealth as Daddy ever came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[VERSE 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAlmost everything we owned was sold or left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nFrom Daddy's tools to the fruit that Momma canned[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSome folks came to say farewell and see what all we had to sell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome just came to shake my Daddy's hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWell the Model-T was loaded down and California bound[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]B7[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]\r\nAnd the dream of hope was just four days away[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut the only change that I remember seein' in my Daddy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]E7[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas when his brown hair turned to silver grey[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere labor camps were filled with worried men and broken dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas as close to wealth as Daddy ever came[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]E7[/ch] [ch]A[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhere labor camps were filled with worried men and broken dreams[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCalifornia cotton fields[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas as close to wealth as Daddy ever came[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas as close to wealth as Daddy ever came[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWas as close to wealth as Daddy ever came[/tab]","plain_text":"GREG GRAFFIN - CALIFORNIA COTTON FIELDS\n\nalbum version - COLD AS CLAY\n___________________________________\n___________________________________\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[VERSE 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[INSTRUMENTAL]\nA G D A E7\nA G D A E7 A\n\n\n[CHORUS]","chords":["A","E","G","D","E7","B7"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}