Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town by Charley Pride, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

Mississippi Cotton Picking Delta Town

by Charley Pride

Biography:

Charley Pride (born Charley Frank Pride on 18 March 1934; died 12 December 2020) was an American singer, musician, guitarist, business owner, and professional baseball player. His greatest musical success came in the early to mid-1970s, when he became the best-selling performer for RCA Records since Elvis Presley. During the peak years of his recording career (1966–87), he garnered 52 top-10 hits on the US Billboard Hot Country Songs chart, 30 of which made it to number one.

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[Chorus]
B E B7
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
E
One dusty street to walk up and down
A
Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound
B7 E
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

[Verse 1]
E B7
Down in the Delta where I was born
E
All we raised was cotton, potatoes and corn
A
I've picked cotton till my fingers hurt
B7 E
Draggin' the sack through that Delta dirt
B
And I've worked hard the whole week long
E
Pickin' my fingers to the blood and bone
A
There ain't a lot of money in a cotton bale
B7 E
At least when you try to sell

[Chorus]
B E B7
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
E
One dusty street to walk up and down
A
Nothin' much to see but a starvin' hound
B7 E
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town

[Verse 2]
B7
On Saturday nights we'd get dressed up
E
Catch us a ride on a pickup truck
A
On a gravel road, it nearly strangled us
B7 E B
That cotton pickin' Delta dust
E B7
We'd sit across the street on the depot porch
E
Lookin' at the folks lookin' back at us
A
Munchin' on a dust covered ice cream cone
B7 E
Wondering how we'd get back home

[Chorus]
B E B7
From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
E
One dusty street to walk up and down
A
Nothin' much to do but just hang around
B7 E
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
B E B7
From a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town
E
One dusty street to walk up and down
A
Nothin' much to do but just hang around
E B7 E
In a Mississippi cotton pickin' Delta town