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| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding (Redding & Cropper, 1967) |
| On The Road Again Willie Nelson (1980) |
| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
| House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song |
| Proud Mary CCR (John Fogerty, 1968) |
| Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding (Redding & Cropper, 1967) |
| On The Road Again Willie Nelson (1980) |
| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
| House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song |
| Proud Mary CCR (John Fogerty, 1968) |
| Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding (Redding & Cropper, 1967) |
| On The Road Again Willie Nelson (1980) |
| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
| House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song |
| Proud Mary CCR (John Fogerty, 1968) |
| Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding (Redding & Cropper, 1967) |
| On The Road Again Willie Nelson (1980) |
| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
| House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song |
| Proud Mary CCR (John Fogerty, 1968) |
| Sitting On The Dock Of The Bay Otis Redding (Redding & Cropper, 1967) |
| On The Road Again Willie Nelson (1980) |
| Cotton Fields Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940) |
| Jamaica Farewell Harry Belafonte (Irving Burgie, 1957) |
| House Of The Rising Sun Traditional Folk Song |
| Proud Mary CCR (John Fogerty, 1968) |
Cotton Fields
Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940)
Try with 'Carter' Picking (Alternating Thumb)
4/4 | T3 - D - T4 - D - | or 4/4 | T3 - D u T4 - D u |
1 2 3 4 1 2 3 4
Intro
| [A] | [E7] | [A] | [A]
When | [A] I was a little bitty | baby my Mama would
| [D] rock me in my | [A] cradle
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
When | [A] I was a little bitty | baby my Mama would
| [D] rock me in my | [A] cradle
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
It was | [A] over in Arkan- | sas the people asked
| [D] me what I come here | [A] for
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] over in Arkan- | sas the people asked
| [D] me what I come here | [A] for
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
It | [A] may sound a little bit | funny, but you
| [D] can't make too much | [A] money
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It | [A] may sound a little bit | funny, but you
| [D] can't make too much | [A] money
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
Chorus
Now when them | [D] cotton bolls get | rotten
You can't | [A] pick very much | cotton
In them | [A] old... | cotton fields back | [E7] home | [E7]
It was | [A] down in Louisi- | ana
Just about a | [D] mile from Texar- | [A] kana
In them | [A] old... | [E7] cotton fields back | [A] home | [A]
#Folk Standard that's great fun to sing.
#We'll often play it in key of C but most online versions seem to be in Key of A (as shown here).
#Try using an alternating thumb picking pattern: 'Carter Picking'
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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Proud Mary
CCR (John Fogerty, 1968)
4/4 | D u X u D u X u | X = Chunk
1 & 2 & 3 & 4 &
Riff:
C A C A
| D U D U - U D - | D U D U - U D - |
C A G F D Reg. Strum
| D U D U - U - U | - U D U D U D - | D u X u D u X u
[D] Left a good job in the city,
[D] Workin' for the man ev'ry night and day
[D] And I never lost one minute of sleepin'
[D] Worryin' 'bout the way things might have been
Chorus
[A7] Big wheel keep on turnin'
[Bm] Proud Mary keep on burnin'
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
[D] Cleaned a lot of plates in Memphis
[D] Pumped a lot of pain down in New Orleans
[D] But I never saw the good side of the city
[D] 'Til I hitched a ride on a river boat queen
Chorus
[A7] Big wheel keep on turnin'
[Bm] Proud Mary keep on burnin'
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
Riff:
C A C A
| D U D U - U D - | D U D U - U D - |
C A G F D Reg. Strum
| D U D U - U - U | - U D U D U D - | D u X u D u X u
[D] If you come down to the river
[D] Bet you gonna find some people who live
[D] You don't have to worry 'cause you have no money
[D] People on the river are happy to give
Chorus
[A7] Big wheel keep on turnin'
[Bm] Proud Mary keep on burnin'
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
[D] Rollin' rollin' rollin' on the river
Riff:
C A C A
| D U D U - U D - | D U D U - U D - |
C A G F D Reg. Strum
| D U D U - U - U | - U D U D U D - | D u X u D u X u
#Great for introducing the Chunk (X) strum. Also great chord 'riff'.
#Play with original in this key.
#Last Updated 1/5/18 JJ
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