D ~ D - G - D - A - D
D
1. We didn't know the times were lean,
G
around
our house the grass was green,
D
A
it didn't
seem like things were all that bad.
D
I bet we walked a thousand
miles,
G
choppin' cotton and pushin'
plows,
D A D -
A
and learnin' how to give it all we had.
D
2. As life went on and years went by,
G
I saw the light in daddy's
eyes,
D A
and
felt the love in mama's hands.
D
They kept us warm and kept us
fed,
G
taught
us how to look ahead,
D
A D
now lookin' back, I understand.
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We were walkin' in high cotton,
G
old times there are not forgotten,
D A
those fertile fields are never far
away.
- D
We were walkin' in high cotton,
G
old times there are not forgotten,
D A
D
leavin' home was the
hardest thing we ever faced.
+ D - G - D
- A - D
D
3. When Sunday mornings rolled around
G
we
dressed up in hand-me downs,
D A
just
in time to gather with the church.
D
Sometimes I think how long
it's been,
G
and
how it impressed me then,
D A D
it
was the only day my daddy wouldn't work.
+ CHORUS
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We were walkin' in high cotton,
A
old times there are not
forgotten,
E
B7
those fertile fields are never far
away.
- E
We were walkin' in high cotton,
A
old times there are not
forgotten,
E
B7 E
leavin' home was the
hardest thing we ever faced.
+ repeat last CHORUS
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+ Walkin' in high cotton, + E
(orig. = capo 3rd; video = capo 2nd) (Alabama)