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I Never Picked Cotton

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Johnny Cash (born J.R. Cash; February 26, 1932 – September 12, 2003) was an American singer-songwriter, guitarist, actor, and author. He is one of the best-selling music artists of all time, having sold more than 90 million records worldwide. Although primarily remembered as a country music icon, his genre-spanning songs and sound embraced rock and roll, rockabilly, blues, folk, and gospel.

Cash was known for his deep, calm bass-baritone voice

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From [email protected] Sun May 4 10:26:55 1997
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 1997 13:19:10 -0600 (CST)
From: [email protected]
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Subject: crd: "I never picked cotton" by "Johnny Cash"

I Never Picked Cotton (written by Charles Williams/Bobby George)
-- By Johnny Cash (Unchained album 1996)

Chorus
E
I never picked cotton
A E A E
Like my mother did and my brother did
A E
And my sister did
A E
And my daddy died young
B7 E
Working in a coal mine

F
1. When I was just a baby
Too little for the cotton sack
I played in the dirt while the others worked
Til they couldn't straighten their backs
F#
And I made my self a promise
When I was old enough to run
That I'd never stay a single day
In that Oaklahoma sun
And I...

Chorus

F
2. Folks said that I grew up early
And the farm couldn't hold me then
So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck
And I never went back again
F#
And it was fast cars and wiskey
Long legged girls and fun
I had everything that money could bring
And I took it all with a gun
And I...

Chorus

F
3. It was Saturday night in Memphis
When a redneck grabbed my shirt
And he said go back to your cotton sack
I left him lyin in the dirt
F#
And they'll take me in the morning
To the gallows just outside
And in the time I've got their aint a hell of a lot
I can look back on with pride
But I...

Chorus X2

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