Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E) Verse: G When I was a little bitty baby C G My mamma would a-rock me in my cradle D7 In them old cotton fields back home G When I was a little bitty baby C G My mamma would a-rock me in my cradle D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home
Verse: G Well, it may not sound too funny C G But we didn't make a-very much money D7 In them old cotton fields back home G Well, it may not sound too funny C G But we didn't make a-very much money D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home Chorus: N.C. C Oh, when them cotton bolls get a-rotten G You couldn't pick a-very much cotton D7 In them old cotton fields back home G I was down in Louisiana C G 'Round about a mile from a-Texarkana D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home Verse: G I was down in Arkansas C G People said, "What did you come here for?" D7 From them old, old cotton fields back home G I was down in Arkansas C G People said, "What did you come here for?" D7 G From them old, old cotton fields back home Chorus: N.C. C Oh, when them cotton bolls get a-rotten G You couldn't pick a-very much cotton D7 In them old cotton fields back home G I was down in Louisiana C G 'Round about a mile from a-Texarkana D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home Outro: D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home D7 G In them old, old cotton fields back home