Cotton

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Get home late in some evening
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Poor lightning gotta go home and take him some rest
                                A7
Get home late in some evening
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Poor lightning gotta go home and take some rest
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You know I gotta pick cotton tomorrow and Monday
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Little girl that’s gonna be a solid bet

Em                               A7
Woah I don’t weigh but 95 pound
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100 pound is too much load for me to pull
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I don’t weigh but 90 pound boy
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100 pound is too much load for me to pull
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I get straigten up in the field and stoop down lightning
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Go on boy and get you sack full
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I stood straight up in the field
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Looking around tryin’ to find me some shade
A7
Woah lord have mercy
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Poor lightning tryin to find him some shade
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Poor mama sittin down with a pencil and paper
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Figurin’ up every dime that the family made

Em                          A7
My daddy was a sack shaker
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Carried my ass straight down that road
A7
My daddy was a sack shaker
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Carried my ass straight down that road
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Woah every time I go way up
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He say go ahead lightnin’ and get me some more