I Never Picked Cotton Chords

[Intro]
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[Chorus]
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I never picked cotton
        A      E          A       E
Like my mother did and my brother did
       A      E          A          E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7             E           E   E
  Working in a coal mine
 
[Verse 1]
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When I was just a baby, too little for the cotton sack
F
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
F#
That I'd never stay, a single day, in that Oklahoma sun
 
[Chorus]
      E                    E
And I never picked cotton
        A      E          A       E
Like my mother did and my brother did
       A      E          A          E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7             E           E   E
  Working in a coal mine
 
[Verse 2]
      F
Folks said that I grew up early and the farm couldn't hold me then
F
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
 
[Chorus]
      E                    E
And I never picked cotton
        A      E          A       E
Like my mother did and my brother did
       A      E          A          E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7             E           E   E
  Working in a coal mine
 
[Verse 3]
       F
It was Saturday night in Memphis, when a redneck grabbed my shirt
F
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
F#
And in the time I've got, their aint a hell of a lot, I can look back on with pride
 
[Chorus]
      E                    E
But I never picked cotton
        A      E          A       E
Like my mother did and my brother did
       A      E          A          E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7             E           E   E
  Working in a coal mine
 
[Chorus]
  E                    E
I never picked cotton
        A      E          A       E
Like my mother did and my brother did
       A      E          A          E
And my sister did and my daddy died young
B7             E
  Working in a coal mine
 
[Outro]
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