artist: huddie "leadbelly" ledbetter song: cotton fields album: where did you sleep last night (legacy vol.1) transcribed by: ed bonacore chords: E A B E|--0--0--X B|--0--2--4 G|--1--2--4 D|--2--2--4 A|--2--0--2 E|--0--X--X When I was (E) a little bitty baby My mama would rock (A) me in the (E) cradle In them old cotton fields back (B) home It was (E) down in Louisiana Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E) In them old (B) cotton fields back home (E) It may sound (E) a little funny But you didn't (A) make very much money (E) In them old cotton fields back home (B) (E) It may sound a little funny But you didn't (A) make very much money (E) In them old cotton (B) fields back home (E) (CHORUS) Oh when those (A) cotton balls get rotten You can't (E) pick you very much cotton In them old cotton fields back home (B) It was (E) down in Louisiana Just a (A) mile from Texarkana (E) In them (B) old cotton fields back home (E) I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home I was over in Arkansas People ask me what you come here for In them old cotton fields back home *sometimes i play (B7) instead of the (B)