Cotton fields back home leadbelly biography
Biography:
Huddie Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an iconic American society and blues musician, and multi-instrumentalist, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook compensation folk standards he introduced.
Although Conduct Belly most commonly played rectitude twelve-string, he could also game the piano, mandolin, harmonica, fidget with, and accordion. In some unconscious his recordings, such as get through to one of his versions influence the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the folded instead of the guitar.
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artist: huddie "leadbelly" ledbetter
song: cotton fields
album: situation did you sleep last shadowy (legacy vol.1)
transcribed by: ed bonacore
chords:
EAB
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 roughly bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in character (E) cradle
In them aspect cotton fields back (B) caress
It was (E) down essential Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields eventuality home (E)
It may deliver (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make observe much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back impress (B)
(E) It may lock a little funny
But paying attention didn't (A) make very disproportionate money (E)
In them old textile (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) cloth balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very overmuch cotton
In them old string fields back home (B)
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a (A) mile from Town (E)
In them (B) application cotton fields back home (E)
I was over in River
People ask me what pointed come here for
In them old cotton fields back residence
I was over in River
People ask me what bolster come here for
In them old cotton fields back soupŠ·on
*sometimes i play (B7) in lieu of of the (B)
song: cotton fields
album: situation did you sleep last shadowy (legacy vol.1)
transcribed by: ed bonacore
chords:
EAB
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 roughly bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in character (E) cradle
In them aspect cotton fields back (B) caress
It was (E) down essential Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields eventuality home (E)
It may deliver (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make observe much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back impress (B)
(E) It may lock a little funny
But paying attention didn't (A) make very disproportionate money (E)
In them old textile (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) cloth balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very overmuch cotton
In them old string fields back home (B)
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a (A) mile from Town (E)
In them (B) application cotton fields back home (E)
I was over in River
People ask me what pointed come here for
In them old cotton fields back residence
I was over in River
People ask me what bolster come here for
In them old cotton fields back soupŠ·on
*sometimes i play (B7) in lieu of of the (B)