{"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":2471498,"song":"King Cotton","artist":"Mike Harding","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11504416-king-cotton-chords-by-mike-harding/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2471498?type=chord","rating":4.56918,"votes":6,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------7-------------|----------7------------|------------------------0-|\r\nB|-0-----------0-----------|-0----------0----------|-3----------------------0-|\r\nG|----5-----------5-----5--|----5----------5-----5-|-2------0-h2-0----------2-|   x2\r\nD|------ 7-----------7-----|-6-----6---------6-----|-0--h4----------4--0--2—2-|\r\nA|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------0-|\r\nE|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee how the lint flies out over the moorland.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSee how the smoke to the valley clings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                     [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee how the slate roofs shine in the drizzle.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee how houses cling to the hillside,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nHear how the streets of children sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A2[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWake to the scream of the factory hooter,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee how hunger has eaten the faces,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nTired flesh to the bones just clings,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A2[/ch]                 [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere's dust in the lungs and the bodies are twisted,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSleep is washed from the broken faces,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nMorning clogs on the cobbles   ring,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A2[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nOff to the mill, the weavers hurry,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWork all day to the looms' hard rhythm,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nScrabble and toil till your tired bones sing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]A2[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThen you crawl back home as the gaslights flicker,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the land where children labour,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nWhere Life and Death mean the self same   thing,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A2[/ch]               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWhere many must work that the few might prosper,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where Cotton is King.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A2[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSee now the clouds flying over the moorland[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D/F#[/ch]  [ch]Em[/ch]\r\nSee how the graves to the valley sides cling[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A2[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nLook at the mills now they're idle and empty[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]D/F#[/ch]   [ch]Em[/ch]           [ch]A2[/ch]  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis is the valley where cotton was king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n\r\n[tab]e|-----------7-------------|----------7------------|------------------------0-|\r\nB|-0-----------0-----------|-0----------0----------|-3----------------------0-|\r\nG|----5-----------5-----5--|----5----------5-----5-|-2------0-h2-0----------2-|   x2\r\nD|------ 7-----------7-----|-6-----6---------6-----|-0--h4----------4--0--2—2-|\r\nA|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------0-|\r\nE|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["B","G","D","A","E","Am","A2","D/F#","Em"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}