High Cotton Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

F We didn't know the times were lean

A♯ Round our home the grass was green

It F didn't seem like things were all that C7 bad

I F bet we walked a thousand miles

A♯ Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows

And F learnin' how to C7 give it all we F had.

F As life went on and years went by

A♯ I saw the light in daddy's eyes

And F felt the love in mama's C7 hands

They F kept us warm and kept us fed

A♯ Taught us how to look ahead

Now F lookin' back, C7 I F understand.

Refrain 1

We were Walkin' in F High Cotton

Old times A♯ there are not forgotten

Those F fertile fields are never far a-C7 way

We were Walkin' in F High Cotton

Old times A♯ there are not forgotten

Leavin' F home was the hardest C7 thing we ever F faced.

When F Sunday morning rolled around

A♯ We dressed up in hand-me downs

Just F in time, together with the C7 church

Sometimes F I think how long it's been

A♯ And how it impressed me then

It F was the only day C7 my daddy wouldn't F work.

REPEAT Refrain 1

(Change to key of G:)

Refrain 2

F We were Walkin' in G High Cotton

Old times C there are not forgotten

Those G fertile fields are never far a-D7 way

[P] We were Walkin' in G High Cotton

Old times C there are not forgotten

Leavin' G home was the hardest D7 thing we ever G faced.

REPEAT Refrain 2

We Were Walkin' In High Cotton.