{"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":1747506,"song":"High Cotton","artist":"Alabama","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1747506-high-cotton-chords-by-alabama/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1747506?type=chord","rating":4.78915,"votes":214,"content":"High Cotton\r\nReocorded by Alabama \r\nWritten by Scott Anders & Roger Murrah\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe didn't know the times were lean[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAround our home the grass was green[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D7[/ch]                \r\nIt didn't seem like things were all that bad[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI bet we walked a thousand miles[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nChopping cotton and pushing plows[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd learning how to give it all we had[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nAs life went on and years went by[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nI saw the light in daddy's eyes [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd felt the love in mama's hands[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nThey kept us warm and kept us fed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTaught us how to look ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D7[/ch]      [ch]G[/ch]        \r\nNow looking back I understand[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe Were Walking in High Cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld times there are not forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThose fertile fields are never far away     [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were walking in high cotton [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           \r\nOld times there are not forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen Sunday morning rolled around[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWe dressed up in hand-me downs[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nJust in time together with the church[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nSometimes I think how long it's been[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd how it impressed me then[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was the only day my daddy wouldn't work[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe Were Walking in High Cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld times there are not forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nThose fertile fields are never far away[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe were walking in high cotton[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]           \r\nOld times there are not forgotten[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLeaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced[/tab]","plain_text":"High Cotton\nReocorded by Alabama \nWritten by Scott Anders & Roger Murrah","chords":["G","C","D7"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}