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Cotton Fields The Cotton Song

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1 index2 middle3 ring4 pinkyO open

COTTON FIELDS - Johnny Cash
Tabbed by: tunietunes
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st Fret
Intro/Strum Pattern:
          C               F       C                       G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0----|
G|----------0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
D|----------2---2---2---2---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0----|
A|----0-2-3-------3-----------3---3-------3-------3-----------2-------2------|
E|--3---------3-------3---1-----------3-------3-------3---3-------3----------|
         C                                     F           C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
                               G
In them old cottonfields back home
         C                                     F           C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
               G              C
In them old cottonfields back home
               F                                 C
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
                               G
In them old cottonfields back home
       C                               F           C
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
              G               C
In them old cottonfields back home
           D
Step up to 
         D                                     G           D
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
                               A
In them old cottonfields back home
         D                                     G           D
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
               A              D
In them old cottonfields back home
               G                                 D
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
                               A
In them old cottonfields back home
       D                               G           D
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
              A               D
In them old cottonfields back home
        C
Back to 
         C                                     F           C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
                               G
In them old cottonfields back home
         C                                     F           C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
               G              C
In them old cottonfields back home
               F                                 C
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
                               G
In them old cottonfields back home
       C                               F           C
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
              G               C
In them old cottonfields back home
              G               C
In them old cottonfields back home
              G               C
In them old cottonfields back home
Great version of a great song.. Enjoy ;)

Cotton Fields The Cotton Song chords and lyrics

Free chords for Cotton Fields The Cotton Song by Johnny Cash. Scroll the interactive sheet above or read the chord names inline below.

COTTON FIELDS - Johnny Cash
Tabbed by: tunietunes
Tuning: Standard
Capo 1st Fret
Step up to D
Back to C
Great version of a great song.. Enjoy ;)

Cotton Fields The Cotton Song Chords by Johnny Cash

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