{"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":15836,"song":"I Never Picked Cotton","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/15836-i-never-picked-cotton-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/15836?type=chord","rating":4.4803,"votes":40,"content":"[Intro]\r\n| [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] |\r\n    \r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Working in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1] \r\n[tab]     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nI played in the dirt, while the others worked, til they couldn't straighten their backs[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd I made my self a promise, when I was old enough to run[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nThat I'd never stay, a single day, in that Oklahoma sun[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Working in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2] \r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFolks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nSo I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck and I never went back again[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd it was fast cars and wiskey, long legged girls and fun[/tab]\r\n\r\nI had everything, that money could bring and I took it all with a gun\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Working in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3] \r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt was Saturday night in Memphis, when a redneck grabbed my shirt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he said go back, to your cotton sack, I left him lyin in the dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd they'll take me in the morning, to the gallows just outside[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd in the time I've got, their aint a hell of a lot, I can look back on with pride[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]      [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nBut I never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]E[/ch]\r\n  Working in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus] \r\n[tab]  [ch]E[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI never picked cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLike my mother did and my brother did[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd my sister did and my daddy died young[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]           \r\n  Working in a coal mine[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n| [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] | [ch]E[/ch] |","plain_text":"[Intro]\n| E | E | E | E |\n    \n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2] \n\n\n\n\nI had everything, that money could bring and I took it all with a gun\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus] \n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\n| E | E | E | E |","chords":["E","A","B7","F","F#"],"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]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]}}}