Verse 1
A
When I was a little itty bitty baby

               D              A
My momma would rock me in the cradle

                               E7 E
In them old cotton fields back home

       A
It was down in Louisiana

	         D              A
just about a mile from Texarkana

            E7     E           A D A
In them old cotton fields back home


Chorus
          D
When them cotton balls get rotten

          A
You can't pick very much cotton

                               E7 E
In them old cotton fields back home

       A
It was down in Louisiana

	         D              A
just about a mile from Texarkana

            E7     E           A D A
In them old cotton fields back home


Verse 2
A
When I was a little itty bitty baby

               D              A
My momma would rock me in the cradle

                               E7 E
In them old cotton fields back home

       A
It was down in Louisiana

	         D              A
just about a mile from Texarkana

            E7     E           A D A
In them old cotton fields back home


Chorus
          D
When them cotton balls get rotten

          A
You can't pick very much cotton

                               E7 E
In them old cotton fields back home

       A
It was down in Louisiana

	         D              A
just about a mile from Texarkana

            E7     E           A D A
In them old cotton fields back home


Verse 3
A
When I was a little itty bitty baby

               D              A
My momma would rock me in the cradle

                               E7 E
In them old cotton fields back home

       A
It was down in Louisiana

	         D              A
just about a mile from Texarkana

            E7     E           A D A
In them old cotton fields back home