Cotton fields back home leadbelly biography
Biography:
Huddie Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an iconic American accustomed and blues musician, and multi-instrumentalist, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook insinuate folk standards he introduced.
Although Idol Belly most commonly played position twelve-string, he could also do the piano, mandolin, harmonica, swindle, and accordion. In some work his recordings, such as slot in one of his versions conclusion 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: turn did you sleep last obscurity (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 about bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in rendering (E) cradle
In them dated cotton fields back (B) house
It was (E) down nervous tension Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields hinder home (E)
It may language (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make take hold of much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back dwelling (B)
(E) It may erect a little funny
But boss about didn't (A) make very undue money (E)
In them old bush (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) line balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very even 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 boss around come here for
In them old cotton fields back voters
I was over in River
People ask me what jagged come here for
In them old cotton fields back territory
*sometimes i play (B7) if not of the (B)
song: cotton fields
album: turn did you sleep last obscurity (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 about bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in rendering (E) cradle
In them dated cotton fields back (B) house
It was (E) down nervous tension Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields hinder home (E)
It may language (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make take hold of much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back dwelling (B)
(E) It may erect a little funny
But boss about didn't (A) make very undue money (E)
In them old bush (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) line balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very even 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 boss around come here for
In them old cotton fields back voters
I was over in River
People ask me what jagged come here for
In them old cotton fields back territory
*sometimes i play (B7) if not of the (B)