High Cotton by Alabama
Key: FF | Capo: 0fr |  Left-Handed 


 F
  We didn't know the times were lean
 Bb
  Round our home the grass was green
    F                                      C7
 It  didn't seem like things were all that  bad
   F
 I  bet we walked a thousand miles
 Bb
  Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
     F                C7              F
 And  learnin' how to  give it all we  had.
 
 F
  As life went on and years went by
 Bb
  I saw the light in daddy's eyes
     F                         C7
 And   felt the love in mama's  hands
      F
 They  kept us warm and kept us fed
 Bb
  Taught us how to look ahead
     F              C7 F
 Now  lookin' back,  I  understand.
 
 Refrain :
 
                    F
 We were Walkin' in  High Cotton
           Bb
 Old times  there are not forgotten
       F                               C7
 Those  fertile fields are never far a- way
                    F
 We were Walkin' in  High Cotton
           Bb
 Old times  there are not forgotten
         F                     C7             F
 Leavin'  home was the hardest  thing we ever  faced.
 
      F
 When  Sunday morning rolled around
 Bb
  We dressed up in hand-me downs
      F                           C7
 Just  in time, together with the  church
           F
 Sometimes  I think how long it's been
 Bb
  And how it impressed me then
    F                 C7                 F
 It  was the only day  my daddy wouldn't  work.
 
 REPEAT Refrain 1 :
 
 (Change to key of G:)
 Refrain :
 
 F                   G
  We were Walkin' in  High Cotton
           C
 Old times  there are not forgotten
       G                               D7
 Those  fertile fields are never far a- way
 P                   G
  We were Walkin' in  High Cotton
           C
 Old times  there are not forgotten
         G                     D7             G
 Leavin'  home was the hardest  thing we ever  faced.
 
 REPEAT Refrain 2 :
 
 We Were Walkin' In High Cotton