{"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":2129529,"song":"Jesus Was Our Saviour And Cotton Was Our King","artist":"Johnny Cash","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2129529-jesus-was-our-saviour-and-cotton-was-our-king-chords-by-johnny-cash/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2129529?type=chord","rating":0.16565,"votes":0,"content":"[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nWagon wheels are turning with cobble colored sound[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen me and little Tommy rode the first load in the town[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe cotton gin was ginning out the pennies for the pounds[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nLike a giant vacuum cleaner sucking let up off the ground[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur freckled faces sparkled then like diamonds in the rough[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith smiles it smells of snaggleteeth and good old Garett snuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I could I would be tradin' all this fat back for the lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Jesus was our Saviour and cotton was our king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nThis kind of life we're living beats all I've ever seen[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSeems some of us was born for picking things and eaten beans[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]                                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nStill I reckon girl or diggin' fairly well in our means[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]E[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause Jesus was our Saviour and cotton was our king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur freckled faces sparkled then like diamonds in the rough[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith smiles it smells of snaggleteeth and good old Garett snuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I could I would be tradin' all this fat back for the lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Jesus was our Saviour and cotton was our king[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                        [ch]E[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nOur freckled faces sparkled then like diamonds in the rough[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]E[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWith smiles it smells of snaggleteeth and good old Garett snuff[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIf I could I would be tradin' all this fat back for the lean[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]E[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nWhen Jesus was our Saviour and cotton was our king[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["A","D","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}