Cotton Fields The Cotton Song Chords
by Johnny Cash
Cotton Fields The Cotton Song by Johnny Cash is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C with a capo on the 1st fret. It uses the chords C, F, G, D and A. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Tuning: Standard
Intro/Strum Pattern:
C F C G
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|----------1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---1---0---0---0---0----|
G|----------0---0---0---0---2---2---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0---0----|
D|----------2---2---2---2---3---3---2---2---2---2---2---2---0---0---0---0----|
A|----0-2-3-------3-----------3---3-------3-------3-----------2-------2------|
E|--3---------3-------3---1-----------3-------3-------3---3-------3----------|
C F C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
G
In them old cottonfields back home
C F C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
F C
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
G
In them old cottonfields back home
C F C
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
Step up to D
D G D
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
A
In them old cottonfields back home
D G D
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
A D
In them old cottonfields back home
G D
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
A
In them old cottonfields back home
D G D
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
A D
In them old cottonfields back home
Back to C
C F C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
G
In them old cottonfields back home
C F C
When I was a little bitty baby my mama would rock me in my cradle
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
F C
Now when them cotton bowls get rotten you can't pick very much cotton
G
In them old cottonfields back home
C F C
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
G C
In them old cottonfields back home
Great version of a great song.. Enjoy ;)