I Never Picked Cotton
Johnny CashVersion1
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Chorus I never picked cotton
like my mother did and my brother did
and my sister did
and my daddy died young
in a coal mine
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
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...
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
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...
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
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...
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Readable chord sheet for I Never Picked Cotton by Johnny Cash
Chorus [E]I never picked cotton like my [A]mother [E]did and my [A]brother [E]did and my [A]sister [E]did and my daddy died young [A] in a coal [E]mine 1. [F]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... 2. [F]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... 3. [F]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...