Guitar chords Cotton Fields

Cotton Fields, written by Huddie Ledbetter (better known as Lead Belly) in the 1940s, talks about the cotton plantations in the southern United States, specifically mentioning Texarkana, near the Texas and Arkansas border. Lead Belly was an influential folk and blues musician known for his mastery of the twelve-string guitar and powerful voice. The song reflects his southern roots and the hard life on the cotton plantations.

Key:  G 
  
G
               
D
  
C
    
G
 
(
G
 )
When I was a little itty bitty baby
               
C
                 
G
 
My momma would rock me in the cradle
         
G
                      
D
 
In them old cotton fields back home
       
G
                              
C
              
G
 
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
         
G
  
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home
          
C
 
When them cotton balls get rotten
          
G
 
You can't pick very much cotton
         
G
                      
D
 
In them old cotton fields back home
       
G
                              
C
              
G
 
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
         
G
  
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home
(
G
 )
When I was a little itty bitty baby
               
C
                 
G
 
My momma would rock me in the cradle
         
G
                      
D
 
In them old cotton fields back home
       
G
                              
C
              
G
 
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
         
G
  
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home
          
C
 
When them cotton balls get rotten
          
G
 
You can't pick very much cotton
         
G
                      
D
 
In them old cotton fields back home
       
G
                              
C
              
G
 
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
         
G
  
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home
(Solo)
(
G
 )
When I was a little itty bitty baby
               
C
                 
G
 
My momma would rock me in the cradle
         
G
                      
D
 
In them old cotton fields back home
       
G
                              
C
              
G
 
It was down in Louisiana just about a mile from Texarkana
         
G
  
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home
        
G
   
D
                  
G
     
C
  
G
 
In them old cotton fields back home