Johnny Cash - I never picked cotton

Chorus ^EI never picked cotton like my ^Amother ^Edid and my ^Abrother ^Edid and my ^Asister ^Edid and my daddy died young ^A in a coal ^Emine

1. ^FWhen 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 2. ^FFolks 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

3. ^FIt 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