Alabama

^A We didn't know the times were lean
A- ^D Round our home the grass was green
It ^A didn't seem like things were all that ^E bad
I ^A bet we walked a thousand miles
^D Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows
And ^A learnin' how to ^E give it all we ^A had.
As life went on and years went by
I saw the light in daddy's eyes
And felt - the love in mama's hands
They kept us warm and kept us fed
Taught us how to look ahead
Now lookin' back, I think I understand.
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^P We Were Walkin' in ^A High Cotton
Old times ^D there are not forgotten
Those ^A fertile fields are never far a- ^E way
^P We Were Walkin' in ^A High Cotton
Old times ^D there are not forgotten
Leavin' ^A home was the hardest ^E thing we ever ^A faced.
When Sunday morning rolled around
We dressed up in hand-me downs
Just in time, together with the church
Sometimes I think how long it's been
And how it impressed me then
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work.
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We Were Walkin' In High Cotton.