Capo: 1 Tuning: E A D G B E

From an album recorded during the Mike Harding One Man Show Spring Tour, through January, February, March 1976 at the Free Trade Hall Manchester, Sheffield City Hall, Leeds University, Lancaster University, Bradford University, Crumpsall Cocoa Temperance Rooms, Cleckheaton Explorers Club Annual Dinner. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqsqSs-rNng [Intro] e|-----------7-------------|----------7------------|------------------------0-| B|-0-----------0-----------|-0----------0----------|-3----------------------0-| G|----5-----------5-----5--|----5----------5-----5-|-2------0-h2-0----------2-| x2 D|------ 7-----------7-----|-6-----6---------6-----|-0--h4----------4--0--2—2-| A|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------0-| E|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------| [Verse]

^AmSee how the lint flies out ^Dover the moor^A2lan^Amd. ^AmSee how the smoke to the ^Gvall^D/F#ey clin^Emgs, ^DSee how the slate roofs shine in the d^A2rizz^Amle. ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmSee how houses ^Dcling to the ^A2hillsid^Ame, ^AmHear how the streets of c^Ghild^D/F#ren sin^Emg, ^DWake to the scream of the ^A2factory hooter^Am, ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmSee how hunger has ^Deaten the fac^A2es,^Am ^AmTired flesh to the ^Gbones ^D/F#just c^Emlings, ^DThere's dust in the lungs and the ^A2bodies are twisted,^Am ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmSleep is washed from the ^Dbroken fa^A2ces^Am, ^AmMorning clogs on the ^Gcobb^D/F#les r^Eming, ^DOff to the mill, the ^A2weavers hurry,^Am ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmWork all day to the ^Dlooms' hard r^A2hyt^Amhm, ^AmScrabble and toil till your ^Gtired^D/F# bones ^Emsing, ^DThen you crawl back home as the ^A2gaslights flicker^Am, ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmThis is the land where c^Dhildren la^A2bou^Amr, ^AmWhere Life and Death mean the ^Gself s^D/F#ame t^Emhing, ^DWhere many must work that the ^A2few might prosper^Am, ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^EmCotton is Kin^A2g. ^Am

^AmSee now the clouds flying o^Dver the moorl^A2and^Am ^AmSee how the graves to the va^Glley ^D/F#sides ^Emcling ^DLook at the mills now they're ^A2idle and empty^Am ^AmThis is the ^Gvalley^D/F# where ^Emcotton was ki^A2ng ^Am

[Outro] e|-----------7-------------|----------7------------|------------------------0-| B|-0-----------0-----------|-0----------0----------|-3----------------------0-| G|----5-----------5-----5--|----5----------5-----5-|-2------0-h2-0----------2-| x2 D|------ 7-----------7-----|-6-----6---------6-----|-0--h4----------4--0--2—2-| A|-0-----------------------|-----------------------|------------------------0-| E|-------------------------|-----------------------|--------------------------|

Mike Harding - King cotton