E I never picked cotton A E A E Like my mother did and my brother did A E And my sister did A E And my daddy died young B7 E Working in a coal mine F 1. When I was just a baby Too little for the cotton sack I played in the dirt while the others worked Til they couldn't straighten their backs F# And I made my self a promise When I was old enough to run That I'd never stay a single day In that Oaklahoma sun And I... Chorus F 2. Folks said that I grew up early And the farm couldn't hold me then So I stole ten bucks and a pick up truck And I never went back again F# And it was fast cars and wiskey Long legged girls and fun I had everything that money could bring And I took it all with a gun And I... Chorus F 3. It was Saturday night in Memphis When a redneck grabbed my shirt And he said go back to your cotton sack I left him lyin in the dirt F# And they'll take me in the morning To the gallows just outside And in the time I've got their aint a hell of a lot I can look back on with pride But I...