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California Cottonfields
lyrics and chords

These country classic song lyrics are the property of the respective artist, authors and labels, they are intended solely for educational purposes and private study only. The chords provided are my interpretation and their accuracy is not guaranteed.

California Cottonfields lyrics and chords are intended for your personal use only, it's a great old song recorded by Merle Haggard and written by Dallas Frazier. With a little practice, it's doable.

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California Cottonfields
recorded by Merle Haggard - written by Dallas Frazier

G D7 F C
My drifting memory goes back to the spring of '43
G D7
When I was just a child in momma's arms
G D7 F C
My daddy plowed the ground and promised someday we would leave
G D7 G
This run-down mortgaged Oklahoma farm

D7 C G
Then one night I heard my daddy saying to my momma
A7 D7
That he'd finally saved enough to go
G D7 F C
California was his dream a paradise for he had seen
G D7 G
Pictures in magazines that told him so

G C D7
California Cottonfields
C D7 C G
Where labor camps were filled with weary men with broken dreams
C D7
California Cottonfields
C D7 G
As close to wealth as daddy ever came

D7 F C
Nearly everything we had was sold or left behind
G D7
From my daddy's plow to the soup that momma canned
G D7 F C
Some folks came to say farewell or see what all we had to sell
G D7 G
Some just came to shake my daddy's hand

D7 C G
That model A was loaded down and California bound
A7 D7
A change of luck was just 4 days away
G D7 F C
But the only change that I remember seeing in my daddy
G D7 G
Was when his dark hair turned to silver gray

Repeat #2

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You can learn to play this classic with a little practice, it's well worth the effort. Use California Cottonfields lyrics and chords to help you learn to play and sing this wonderful old song.

 

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