x#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the # #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. # #------------------------------------------------------------------------------# # From [email protected] Sun May 4 10:26:55 1997 Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:19:10 -0600 (CST) From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: crd: "I never picked cotton" by "Johnny Cash" I Never Picked Cotton (written by Charles Williams/Bobby George) -- By Johnny Cash (Unchained album 1996) Chorus E I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E And my sister did A E And my daddy died young B7 E Working in a coal mine F 1. When I was just a baby Too little for the cotton sack I played in the dirt while the others worked Til they couldn't straighten their backs F# And I made my self a promise When I was old enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oaklahoma sun And I... Chorus F 2. Folks said that I grew up early And the farm couldn't hold me then So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck And I never went back again F# And it was fast cars and wiskey Long legged girls and fun I had everything that money could bring And I took it all with a gun And I... Chorus F 3. It was Saturday night in Memphis When a redneck grabbed my shirt And he said go back to your cotton sack I left him lyin in the dirt F# And they'll take me in the morning To the gallows just outside And in the time I've got their aint a hell of a lot I can look back on with pride But I... Chorus X2 tabbed by Darren Marynick [email protected]
