High Cotton [G] - Alabama Verse 1: [G]We didn't know the times were lean [C]Around our home the grass was green It [G]didn't seem like things were all that [D7]bad I [G]bet we walked a thousand miles [C]Chopping cotton and pushing plows [G]And learning how to [D7]give it all we [G]had Verse 2: [G]As life went on and years went by [C]I saw the light in daddy's eyes [G]And felt the love in mama's [D7]hands [G]They kept us warm and kept us fed [C]Taught us how to look [G]ahead Now looking [D7]back I [G]understand |Chorus: |[G]We Were Walking in High Cotton |Old times t[C]here are not forgotten |Those [G]fertile fields are never [D7]far away |[G]We were walking in high cotton |Old times [C]there are not forgotten |Leaving [G]home was the hardest [D7]thing we ever [G]faced Verse 3: [G]When Sunday morning rolled around [C]We dressed up in hand-me downs Just in [G]time together with the [D7]church [G]Sometimes I think how long it's been [C]And how it impressed me then It [G]was the only day my [D7]daddy wouldn't [G]work |Chorus: |[G]We Were Walking in High Cotton |Old times [C]there are not forgotten |Those [G]fertile fields are never [D7]far away |[G]We were walking in high cotton |Old times [C]there are not forgotten |Leaving [G]home was the hardest [D7]thing we ever [G]faced