Cotton Fields

by Huddie Ledbetter · posted by chibluesteve

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

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Tab

 5  -5  6  6 -6  6  6 5  
When I was a little baby
5   -4 -4   4    4  4   4  3"  3 
My mother rocked me in the cradle
3   4    4   5 -5  6  6   -6    6  6 -4 
In them old, old- cotton fields at home

 5  -5  6  6 -6  6  6 5  
When I was a little baby
5   -4 -4   4    4  4   4  3"  3 
My mother rocked me in the cradle
4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4
In them old, old cotton fields at home

4   -4   5   -5 -5   -5   -5   -5 -5
Oh when them cotton bolls got rotten
-5   -5  -5   5   5 -4  5    5  4 
You couldn't pick very much cotton
4   5    6  -6  6    6    5   -4
In them old cotton fields at home

5  -5   6   -6  6 6 6 5 
It was down in Louisiana
 -4 -4  4    4    4 4 3" 3 
Just a mile from Texarkana
 4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4  
And them old, old cotton fields at home

 5 -5    6   6  -6  6  6 5
It may sound a little funny
 5  -4  -4 -4   4   4  4  4   3" 3
but you didn't make very much money
3   4    4   5 -5  6  6   -6    6  6 -4 
In them old, old- cotton fields at home

 5  -5   6   6 -6  6   6 5
It may sound a little funny
 5  -4  -4 -4   4   4  4  4   3" 3
but you didn't make very much money
4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4
In them old, old cotton fields at home

4   -4   5   -5 -5   -5   -5   -5 -5
Oh when them cotton bolls got rotten
-5   -5  -5   5   5 -4  5    5  4 
You couldn't pick very much cotton
4   5    6  -6  6    6    5   -4
In them old cotton fields at home

5  -5   6   -6  6 6 6 5 
It was down in Louisiana
 -4 -4  4    4    4 4 3" 3 
Just a mile from Texarkana
 4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4  
And them old, old cotton fields at home

5 -5   6   6  -6 6 6 5
I was home in Arkansas
5   -4 -4   4    4  4   4  3"  3 
people ask me what you come here for
3   4    4   5 -5  6  6   -6    6  6 -4 
In them old, old- cotton fields at home

5 -5   6   6  -6 6 6 5
I was home in Arkansas
5   -4 -4   4    4  4   4  3"  3 
people ask me what you come here for
4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4
In them old, old cotton fields at home

4   -4   5   -5 -5   -5   -5   -5 -5
Oh when them cotton bolls got rotten
-5   -5  -5   5   5 -4  5    5  4 
You couldn't pick very much cotton
4   5    6  -6  6    6    5   -4
In them old cotton fields at home

5  -5   6   -6  6 6 6 5 
It was down in Louisiana
 -4 -4  4    4    4 4 3" 3 
Just a mile from Texarkana
 4   -4   5   6 5 -4 -5    5    -4  4  
And them old, old cotton fields at home

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