Start with a walk down on the A string-543, then play the E string F note,then the A-string A# note followed by A # chord, follow this pattern with the F and the A# again.

^A#Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton/ Jump down, turn around to ^Fpick a bale a day./^A# Jump down, turn around to pick a bale of cotton/ Jump down, turn around to ^Fpick a bale a day./^A# ^D#Oh Lordy, ^A#pick a bale of cotton, ^D#oh Lordy,/ ^FPick a bale a ^A#day./ ^D#Oh Lordy, ^A#pick a bale of cotton, ^D#oh Lordy,/ ^FPick a bale a ^A#day./ Me and my gal can pick a bale of cotton,/ Me and my gal can pick a bale a day.

(Chorus) Me and my wife can pick a bale of cotton,/ Me and my wife can pick a bale a day./ (Chorus) Me and my friend can pick a bale of cotton,/ Me and my friend can pick a bale a day./ (Chorus) Me and my papa can pick a bale of cotton,/ Me and my papa can pick a bale a day./ Sorry about the way I worded the beginning, I didn't know how to do otherwise. I don't have a tab sheet.

Leadbelly - Pick a bale of cotton