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We didn't know the times were lean
B
Around our home the grass was green
F# C#7
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
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I bet we walked a thousand miles
B
Chopping cotton and pushing plows
F# C#7 F#
And learning how to give it all we had
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As life went on and years went by
B
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
F# C#7
And felt the love in mama's hands
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They kept us warm and kept us fed
B F#
Taught us how to look ahead
C#7 F#
Now looking back I understand
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We Were Walking in High Cotton
B
Old times there are not forgotten
F# C#7
Those fertile fields are never far away
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We were walking in high cotton
B
Old times there are not forgotten
F# C#7 F#
Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced
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When Sunday morning rolled around
B
We dressed up in hand-me downs
F# C#7
Just in time together with the church
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Sometimes I think how long it's been
B
And how it impressed me then
F# C#7 F#
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work
F#
We Were Walking in High Cotton
B
Old times there are not forgotten
F# C#7
Those fertile fields are never far away
F#
We were walking in high cotton
B
Old times there are not forgotten
F# C#7 F#
Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced