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            COTTONFIELDS: BEACH BOYS (H. Ledbetter)

4/4 – 132

Capo on the 1st fret


[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.


[Verse 3]
 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 4]
                   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.



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