COTTONFIELDS: BEACH BOYS (in: Ab) (H. Ledbetter) 4/4 – 132
Capo on the 1st Fret.
|./. |: Repeat the previous Measure and Chord of 4-counts.
Verse 1:
n.c. |G |./. |./. |./.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,
|./. |./. |D7 |./.
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
|G |./. |C |G
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,
|./. |Am7 D7 |G |./. |
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
Verse 2:
G |./. |./.
LET ME TELL YOU NOW WELL I GOT ME IN A FIX, I CAUGHT A NAIL IN MY TIRE
|./. |./. |./. |D7 |./.
DOIN’ LICKETY SPLIT. I HAD TO WALK A LONG LONG WAY TO TO-WN.
|G |./. |
CAME ALONG A NICE OLD MAN WELL HE HAD A HAT ON.
C |G |./.
WAIT A MINUTE MISTER CAN YOU GET ME SOME DIRECTION.
|Am7 D7 |G |./. |
I'M GONNA WANNA BE RIGHT OFF FOR HOME.
Chorus:
|C |./. |G
DON’T CARE IF THEM COTTON BALLS ARE GETTING’ ROTTEN, WHEN I GOT YOU BABY
|G |./. |./. |Am7 |D7
WHO NEEDS COTTON, IN THEM O-LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
|G |G7 |C
BROTHER ONLY ONE THING MORE THAT’S GONNA WARM YA, A SUMMER’S DAY OUT
|Am7 |G |Am7 D7 |G |
IN CALIFORNIA, IT’S GONNA BE THE COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
Interlude: |G |Am7 |Am7 D7 |G
Bridge:
|C |./. |G |Em
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA.
|G |Em |G |Em |
A GIVE ME THEM COTTON FIELDS, LET ME HEAR IT FOR THE COTTON FIELDS.
G |Em |Am7 |D7
YOU KNOW THERE’S JUST NO PLACE LIKE HO-ME.
Outro:
|G |G7
OH BOY IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO BREATHE THE AIR BACK HOME,
|C |Am7
YOU SHOULD ‘VE SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE HOW I GROWN,
|G |Am7 D7 |C G |G (: Fade Out)
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
Tab by: DAIRYBEAT (André H. Hofman, Purmerend, The Netherlands).
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