Cotton Mill Girls Chords

Key: A Intro: A D A E A D A E A (x2) Verse 1: A D I worked in the cotton mill all my life, A E I ain’t got nothin’ but a Barlow knife. A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. Chorus: A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere.

[Interlude] A D A E A D A E A Verse 2: A D Nineteen-fifteen I heard it said A E Go to cotton country and get ahead A D But it’s hard times, cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. Chorus: A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. [Interlude] A D A E A D A E A Verse 3: A D Gilmer to Barlow’s a long long way A E Down Ellijay to Cartecay. A D It’s hard times, cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. Chorus: A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. [Interlude] A D A E A D A E A Verse 4: A D Us kids worked twelve hours a day A E For fourteen cents of measly pay A D Hard times, cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. Chorus: A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. [Interlude] A D A E A D A E A Verse 5: A D When I die, don’t bury me at all, A E Just hang my body on the spinning room wall, A D Pickle my bones in alcohol, A E A It’s hard time cotton mill girls. Chorus: A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere. A D And it’s hard times cotton mill girls, A E Hard times cotton mill girls, A D Hard times cotton mill girls, A E A Hard times everywhere.