COTTONFIELDS: BEACH BOYS (in: Ab) (H. Ledbetter) 4/4 – 132

Capo on the 1st Fret

Verse 1:

N.C.  |G                 |./.                |./.           |./.
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BITTY BABY, MY MOMMA DONE ROCK ME IN THE CRADLE,
       |./.    |./.               |D7    |./.
IN THEM O- LD   COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.
      |G             |./.                  |C              |G
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, FOR JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA,
       |./.    |Am7    D7         |G    |./.    |
IN THEM O- LD   COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.

Verse 2:

G                         |./.                        |./.
LET ME TELL YOU NOW WELL I GOT ME IN A FIX, I CAUGHT A NAIL IN MY TIRE
     |./.           |./.                |./.             |D7    |./.
DOIN’ LICKETY SPLIT.     I HAD TO WALK A LONG LONG WAY TO TO-WN.
            |G                |./.                |
CAME ALONG A NICE OLD MAN WELL     HE HAD A HAT ON. 
C                           |G                    |./.
WAIT A MINUTE MISTER CAN YOU GET ME SOME DIRECTION.
               |Am7      D7     |G    |./.    |
I'M GONNA WANNA BE RIGHT OFF FOR HOME.

Chorus:
                  |C                        |./.               |G
DON’T CARE IF THEM COTTON BALLS ARE GETTING’ ROTTEN, WHEN I GOT YOU BABY
         |G              |./.    |./.               |Am7    |D7
WHO NEEDS COTTON, IN THEM O-LD    COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME. 
            |G                    |G7             |C
BROTHER ONLY ONE THING MORE THAT’S   GONNA WARM YA,  A SUMMER’S DAY OUT
  |Am7       |G                  |Am7    D7         |G     |
IN CALIFORNIA,  IT’S GONNA BE THE COTTON FIELDS BACK HO-ME.

Interlude: |G    |Am7    |Am7  D7  |G

Bridge:

      |C             |./.              |G              |Em
IT WAS BACK IN LOUISI-ANA, JUST ABOUT A MILE FROM TEXAR-KANA.
              |G            |Em                      |G            |Em    |
A GIVE ME THEM COTTON FIELDS,  LET ME HEAR IT FOR THE COTTON FIELDS.
G                 |Em                |Am7    |D7
  YOU KNOW THERE’S JUST NO PLACE LIKE HO-ME.

Outro:
         |G                             |G7
OH BOY IT SURE FEELS GOOD TO BREATHE THE AIR BACK HOME,
              |C                         |Am7
YOU SHOULD ‘VE SEEN THEIR FACES WHEN THEY SEE HOW I GROWN,
       |G     |Am7    D7         |C   G  |G  (: Fade Out)
IN THEM O- LD  COTTON FIELDS BACK HOME.


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