MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKIN DELTA TOWN

CHARLIE PRIDE



CAPO 2 FRET PLAY D


CHORUS:

(D) IN A MISSISSIPPI COTTON PICKIN (A) DELTA TOWN 

ONE DUSTY STREET YOU WALK UP AND (D) DOWN

AIN'T NOTHIN MUCH TO SEE BUT A (G) STARVIN HOUND

IN A (A) MISSISSIPI COTTON PICKEN DELTA (D) TOWN

VERSE 1:

DOWN IN THE DELTA WHERE (A) I WAS BORN

ALL WE RAISED WAS COTTON, POTATOES AND (D) CORN

ID PICK COTTON TILL MY (G) FINGERS HURT

(A) DRAGGIN THE SACK IN THAT DELTA (D) DIRT

VERSE 2:

ID WORK HARD THE WHOLE (A) WEEK LONG

PICKIN MY FINGERS TO THE MEAT AND (D) BONES

THERES NOT ALOT OF MONEY IN A (G) COTTON BAIL

AT (A) LEAST WHEN YOUR TRYIN TO (D) SELL


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VERSE 3:

ON SATURDAY NIGHT WE GET (A) DRESSED UP

CATCH US A RIDE ON A PICK UP (D) TRUCK

ON A GRAVEL ROAD IT NEARLY (G) STRANGLED US

THAT (A) COTTON PICKIN DELTA (D) DUST


VERSE 4:

WE'D SET ACROSS THE STREET ON THE (A) DEPOT PORCH

LOOKIN AT THE FOLKS LOOKING BACK AT (D) US

MUNCHIN ON A DUST COVERED (G) ICE CREAM CONE

(A) WONDERING HOW WE'D GET BACK (D) HOME


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