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 [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 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