MEDLEY: PICK B BALE OF COTTON /
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY / THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Abba)
Time signature: Cut Common (ie feels 2/4 but written 4/4)
F# (whole song is E)
Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day
Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton
Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day
I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton
Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale of cotton
Oh, Lordy
Pick a bale a day
Turnaround: 6 bars of F# then
|F# |E |B D|B N.C.|
Time Signature now 6/8
(A) E
On top of Old Smokey
B
All covered with snow
B7 F#
I lost my true lover
B B7
By courting so slow
E
For courting's a pleasure
B
And parting is grief
F#
And a false-hearted lover
B B7
Is worse than a thief
E
On top of old Smokey
B
All covered with snow
B7 F#
I lost my true lover
B
By courting so slow
Back to 4/4
Turnaround: 4 bars N.C.
however you can play a A
Verse 1:
(G) D
Well, you wake up in the morning
A
Hear the ding dong ring
E
You go marching to the table
A
See the same old thing
D
See the fork on the table
A
Nothing in your pan
E
If you say a thing about it
A
You're in trouble with the man
CHORUS:
A7 D
Let the midnight special
A
Shine a light on me
E
Let the midnight special
A
Shine its everlovin' light on me
Verse 2:
A7 D
If you ever go to Houston
A
Well you'd better act right
E
And you'd better not gamble
A
And you'd better not fight
D
For the sheriff will arrest you
A
And he'll take you down
E
And before you understand it
A
You are prison bound
CHORUS:
A7 D
Let the midnight special
A
Shine a light on me
E
Let the midnight special
A
Shine its everlovin' light on me (on me, on me)
[Play CHORUS two more times, then fade fourth time around.]
[Live: can just end on the final A Chord, or do a cadence]