I Never Picked Cotton
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I Never Picked Cotton
recorded by Roy Clark
written by Charlie Williams and Bobby George

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I never picked cotton

Like my mother did and my brother did
       
And my sister did and my daddy died young
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Working in a coal mine
 
        
When I was just a baby
 
Too little for the cotton sack
 
I played in the dirt while the others worked
          D7                        G
Till they couldn't straighten their backs
 
 
And I made my self a promise
 
When I was old enough to run
 
That I'd never stay a single day
D7               G
In that Oklahoma sun
 
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Folks said that I grew up early
 
And the farm couldn't hold me then
 
So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck
    D7                G
And I never went back again
 
 
And it was fast cars and whiskey
 
Long legged girls and fun
 
I had everything that money could bring
    D7                   G
And I took it all with a gun
 
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It was Saturday night in Memphis
 
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
 
And he said go back to your cotton sack
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I left him lying in the dirt
 
 
And they'll take me in the morning
 
To the gallows just outside
 
And in the time I've got there ain’t a hell of a lot
  D7                    G
I can look back on with pride
 
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I never picked cotton

Like my mother did and my brother did
       
And my sister did and I’ll never die young
D7                G
Working in a coal mine

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This is a country boy song, most people don't know about picking cotton, even the younger country boys don't since it's all done by machines now. But it was hard work, I know because I had to do it when I was a young lad and it wasn't fun. Nevertheless, the old song is fun to do, just copy and paste these I Never Picked Cotton lyrics and chords and enjoy.