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Capo on the 1st Fret,
or Transpose all the Chords one (semi) Tone up.
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N.C. |G |./. |./. |./.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,
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IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
SOL / DO SOL
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,
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IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
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SOL / /
LET ME TELL YOU NOW WELL I GOT ME IN A FIX, I CAUGHT A NAIL IN MY TIRE
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DOIN’ LICKETY SPLIT. I HAD TO WALK A LONG LONG WAY TO TO-WN.
SOL /
CAME ALONG A NICE OLD MAN WELL HE HAD A HAT ON.
DO SOL /
WAIT A MINUTE MISTER CAN YOU GET ME SOME DIRECTION.
LAm7 RE7 SOL /
I'M GONNA WANNA BE RIGHT OFF FOR HOME.
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DO / SOL
DON’T CARE IF THEM COTTON BALLS ARE GETTING’ ROTTEN, WHEN I GOT YOU BABY
SOL / / LAm7 RE7
WHO NEEDS COTTON, IN THEM O-LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
SOL SOL7 DO
BROTHER ONLY ONE THING MORE THAT’S GONNA WARM YA, A SUMMER’S DAY OUT IN
LAm7 SOL LAm7 RE7 SOL
CALIFORNIA, IT’S GONNA BE THE COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
INSTRUMENTAL:
SOL LAm7 LAm7 RE7 SOL
BRIDGE:
DO / SOL MIm
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA.
SOL MIm SOL MIm
A GIVE ME THEM COTTON FIELDS, LET ME HEAR IT FOR THE COTTON FIELDS.
SOL MIm LAm7 RE7
YOU KNOW THERE’S JUST NO PLACE LIKE HO-ME.
OUTRO:
SOL SOL7
OH BOY IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO BREATHE THE AIR BACK HOME,
DO LAm7
YOU SHOULD ‘VE SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE HOW I GROWN,
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IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
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