C
We didn't know the times were lean
F
Around our home the grass was green
C G7
It didn't seem like things were all that bad
C
I bet we walked a thousand miles
F
Chopping cotton and pushing plows
C G7 C
And learning how to give it all we had
C
As life went on and years went by
F
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
C G7
And felt the love in mama's hands
C
They kept us warm and kept us fed
F C
Taught us how to look ahead
G7 C
Now looking back I understand
C
We Were Walking in High Cotton
F
Old times there are not forgotten
C G7
Those fertile fields are never far away
C
We were walking in high cotton
F
Old times there are not forgotten
C G7 C
Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced
C
When Sunday morning rolled around
F
We dressed up in hand-me downs
C G7
Just in time together with the church
C
Sometimes I think how long it's been
F
And how it impressed me then
C G7 C
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work
C
We Were Walking in High Cotton
F
Old times there are not forgotten
C G7
Those fertile fields are never far away
C
We were walking in high cotton
F
Old times there are not forgotten
C G7 C
Leaving home was the hardest thing we ever faced