[intro] A E7 D [verse] A When I was a little bitty baby D A My mama would rock me in the cradle E7 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 Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten A You can't pick very much cotton E7 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] A When I was a little bitty baby D A My mama would rock me in the cradle E7 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 Now, when them cotton bolls get rotten A You can't pick very much cotton E7 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 [solo] A A D A A A E E A A D A A E A D A [verse] A When I was a little bitty baby D A My mama would rock me in the cradle E7 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 E7 E A D A In them old cotton fields back home