Alabama - High Cotton

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this is my first posting , but i’m pretty sure it’s close if not right on to the
original recording by alabama ( according to what i can hear anyway! ) .
tabbed by : non – registered guest
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chord diagram shows something different than i’m doing :

C7 i’m using = standard C + pinkie on 3rd fret 3rd string
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song title : high cotton
artist : alabama

[ F ] we didn’t know the times were lean
[ A# ] round our home the grass was green
it [ F ] didn’t seem like things were all that [ C7 ] bad
i [ F ] bet we walked a thousand miles
[ A# ] chopin’ cotton and pushin’ plows
and [ F ] learnin’ how to [ C7 ] give it all we [ F ] had .

[ F ] as life went on and years went by
[ A# ] i saw the light in Daddy’s eyes
and [ F ] felt the love in mama’s [ C7 ] hands
they [ F ] kept us warm and kept us fed
[ A# ] taught us how to look ahead
now [ F ] lookin’ back , [ C7 ] i [ F ] understand .

refrain 1 :

we were walkin’ in [ F ] high cotton
old times [ A# ] there are not forgotten
those [ F ] fertile fields are never far A – [ C7 ] way
we were walkin’ in [ F ] high cotton
old times [ A# ] there are not forgotten
leavin’ [ F ] home was the hardest [ C7 ] thing we ever [ F ] faced .

when [ F ] sunday morning rolled around
[ A# ] we dressed up in hand – me downs
just [ F ] in time , together with the [ C7 ] church
sometimes [ F ] i think how long it’s been
[ A# ] and how it impressed me then
it [ F ] was the only day [ C7 ] my Daddy wouldn’t [ F ] work .

repeat refrain 1

( change to key of G : )
refrain 2 :

[ F ] we were walkin’ in [ G ] high cotton
old times [ C ] there are not forgotten
those [ G ] fertile fields are never far A – [ D7 ] way
[ p ] we were walkin’ in [ G ] high cotton
old times [ C ] there are not forgotten
leavin’ [ G ] home was the hardest [ D7 ] thing we ever [ G ] faced .

repeat refrain 2

we were walkin’ in high cotton .