Alabama - High Cotton chords

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(E) We didn't know the times were lean 
A-(A) Round our home the grass was green 
It (E) didn't seem like things were all that (B7) bad 
I (E) bet we walked a thousand miles 
(A) Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows 
And (E) learnin' how to (B7) give it all we (E) had. 
 
As life went on and years went by 
I saw the light in daddy's eyes 
And felt - the love in mama's hands 
They kept us warm and kept us fed 
Taught us how to look ahead 
Now lookin' back, I think I understand. 
 
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{P} We Were Walkin' in (E) High Cotton 
Old times (A) there are not forgotten 
Those E fertile fields are never far a-(B7) way 
{P} We Were Walkin' in (E) High Cotton 
Old times (A) there are not forgotten 
Leavin' (E) home was the hardest (B7) thing we ever (E) faced. 
 
When Sunday morning rolled around 
We dressed up in hand-me downs 
Just in time, together with the church 
Sometimes I think how long it's been 
And how it impressed me then 
It was the only day my daddy wouldn't work. 
 
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Change to (B): ?
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We Were Walkin' In High Cotton.