Standard (EADGBE)

We didn't know the times were lean

Round our home the grass was green

 It didn't seem like things were all that bad

 I bet we walked a thousand miles

Chopin' cotton and pushin' plows

 And learnin' how to give it all we 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 understand.

Refrain 1

 We were Walkin' in High Cotton

 Old times there are not forgotten

 Those fertile fields are never far a- way

 We were Walkin' in High Cotton

 Old times there are not forgotten

 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever 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.

REPEAT Refrain 1

(Change to key of G:)

Refrain 2

We were Walkin' in High Cotton

 Old times there are not forgotten

 Those fertile fields are never far a- way

 [P] We were Walkin' in High Cotton

 Old times there are not forgotten

 Leavin' home was the hardest thing we ever faced.

REPEAT Refrain 2

We Were Walkin' In High Cotton.