High Cotton

* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * chord diagram shows something different than i’m doing : C7 i’m using = standard C + pinkie on 3rd fret 3rd string * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 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 .