G   N/C
   When I was a little itty bitty baby
                   C                  G
   my momma would rock me in the cradle
                                   D
   in them old cotton fields back home
            G                              C            G
   it was down in louisiana just about a mile from texarkana
                  D                 G      C
   in them old cotton fields back home
    G           C
   when them cotton balls get rotten
               G
   you can't pick very much cotton
                                   D
   in them old cotton fields back home
            G                              C             G
   it was down in louisiana just about a mile from texarkana
                  D                 G   C   G
   in them old cotton fields back home

                          (REPEAT) 

 Intro: A   E7   D   A  
 
 A  
When I was a little bitty baby 
               D                A  
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
                                E7  
In them old cotton fields back home 
        A  
It was down in Louisiana 
              D                A  
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home 
 
                D  
Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten 
           A  
You can't pick very much cotton 
                                E7  
In them old cotton fields back home 
        A  
It was down in Louisiana 
              D                A  
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home 
 
 A  
When I was a little bitty baby 
               D                A  
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
                                E7  
In them old cotton fields back home 
        A  
It was down in Louisiana 
              D                A  
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home 
 
                D  
Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten 
           A  
You can't pick very much cotton 
                                E7  
In them old cotton fields back home 
        A  
It was down in Louisiana 
              D                A  
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home 
 
Break 
 
 A  
When I was a little bitty baby 
               D                A  
My mama would rock me in the cradle 
                                E7  
In them old cotton fields back home 
        A  
It was down in Louisiana 
              D                A  
Just about a mile from Texarkana 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home 
 
             E7                   A  
In them old cotton fields back home