E 
When I was a little bitty baby 
   A  
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
       E                      B7 
In them old cotton fields back home 
      E             E7 
It was down in Louisiana 
            A 
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
       E    B7                E          A 
In them old cotton fields back home 
         A 
When them cotton bolls get rotten 
        E 
You cant pick very much cotton 
                             B7 
In them ole cotton fields back home 
      E              E7 
It was down in Louisiana 
            A 
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
       E   B7                 E 
In them ole cotton fields back home