{"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":1932633,"song":"Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town","artist":"Charley Pride","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1932633-mississippi-cotton-picking-delta-town-chords-by-charley-pride/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1932633?type=chord","rating":4.80717,"votes":20,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne dusty street to walk up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothin' much to see but a starvin' hound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nDown in the Delta where I was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAll we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nI've picked cotton till my fingers hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nDraggin' the sack through that Delta dirt[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]B[/ch]\r\nAnd I've worked hard the whole week long[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nPickin' my fingers to the blood and bone[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]A[/ch] \r\nThere ain't a lot of money in a cotton bale[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]                     [ch]E[/ch]  \r\nAt least when you try to sell[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]    [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne dusty street to walk up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothin' much to see but a starvin' hound[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nOn Saturday nights we'd get dressed up[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nCatch us a ride on a pickup truck[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOn a gravel road, it nearly strangled us[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                    [ch]E[/ch]   [ch]B[/ch]\r\nThat cotton pickin' Delta dust[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]                                 [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nWe'd sit across the street on the depot porch[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nLookin' at the folks lookin' back at us[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMunchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]   \r\nWondering how we'd get back home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFrom a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOne dusty street to walk up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothin' much to do but just hang around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]      [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nFrom a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]E[/ch] \r\nOne dusty street to walk up and down[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNothin' much to do but just hang around[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]E[/ch]                          [ch]B7[/ch]     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIn a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["B","E","B7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"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]}}}