Capo 1st fret
Standard (EADGBE)
Verse 1
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,
IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
Verse 2
LET ME TELL YOU NOW WELL I GOT ME IN A FIX, I CAUGHT A NAIL IN MY TIRE
DOIN LICKETY SPLIT. I HAD TO WALK A LONG LONG WAY TO TO-WN.
CAME ALONG A NICE OLD MAN WELL HE HAD A HAT ON.
WAIT A MINUTE MISTER CAN YOU GET ME SOME DIRECTION.
I'M GONNA WANNA BE RIGHT OFF FOR HOME.
Chorus
DONT CARE IF THEM COTTON BALLS ARE GETTING ROTTEN, WHEN I GOT YOU BABY
WHO NEEDS COTTON, IN THEM O-LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
BROTHER ONLY ONE THING MORE THATS GONNA WARM YA, A SUMMERS DAY OUT
IN CALIFORNIA, ITS GONNA BE THE COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.
Interlude
Bridge
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA.
A GIVE ME THEM COTTON FIELDS, LET ME HEAR IT FOR THE COTTON FIELDS.
YOU KNOW THERES JUST NO PLACE LIKE HO-ME.
Outro
OH BOY IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO BREATHE THE AIR BACK HOME,
YOU SHOULD VE SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE HOW I GROWN,
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IN THEM O- LD COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
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