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