{t:Cotton Fields}				
{st:Lead Belly (Huddie Ledbetter, 1940)}						
{sot}
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
{eot}	
	
{c: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]


{soc}
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]
{eoc}


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]


{soc}
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]
{eoc}


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]


{soc}
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]
{eoc}

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#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
#ubl