Biography:
Huddie Ledbetter (January 20, 1888 - December 6, 1949) was an iconic American folk and blues musician, and multi-instrumentalist, notable for his strong vocals, his virtuosity on the twelve-string guitar, and the songbook of folk standards he introduced.
Although Lead Belly most commonly played the twelve-string, he could also play the piano, mandolin, harmonica, violin, and accordion. In some of his recordings, such as in one of his versions of the folk ballad "John Hardy", he performs on the accordion instead of the guitar.
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- Dancing With Tears In My Eyes
- Gee, But I Want To Go Home
- Goodnight Irene
- Cotton Fields
- Gee But I Want To Go Home Army Life
- Good Morning Blues
- Goonight Irene
- Im All Out And Down
- John Hardy
- John Henry
- Little Girl
- Midnight Special
- New York City
- On A Monday
- Parting Song When You Smile
- Pick A Bale Of Cotton
- Rock Island Line
- Somebodys Diggin My Potatoes
- The Bourgeois Blues
- Theres A Man Going Round Taking Names
- Where Did You Sleep Last Night
- Whoa Back Buck
- Whoa Back Buck Ox Drivers Song
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artist: huddie "leadbelly" ledbetter
song: cotton fields
album: where did you sleep last night (legacy vol.1)
transcribed by: ed bonacore
chords:
E A B
E|--0--0--X
B|--0--2--4
G|--1--2--4
D|--2--2--4
A|--2--0--2
E|--0--X--X
When I was (E) a little bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in the (E) cradle
In them old cotton fields back (B) home
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields back home (E)
It may sound (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make very much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back home (B)
(E) It may sound a little funny
But you didn't (A) make very much money (E)
In them old cotton (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) cotton balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home (B)
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a (A) mile from Texarkana (E)
In them (B) old cotton fields back home (E)
I was over in Arkansas
People ask me what you come here for
In them old cotton fields back home
I was over in Arkansas
People ask me what you come here for
In them old cotton fields back home
*sometimes i play (B7) instead of the (B)
song: cotton fields
album: where did you sleep last night (legacy vol.1)
transcribed by: ed bonacore
chords:
E A B
E|--0--0--X
B|--0--2--4
G|--1--2--4
D|--2--2--4
A|--2--0--2
E|--0--X--X
When I was (E) a little bitty baby
My mama would rock (A) me in the (E) cradle
In them old cotton fields back (B) home
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a mile (A) from Texarkana (E)
In them old (B) cotton fields back home (E)
It may sound (E) a little funny
But you didn't (A) make very much money (E)
In them old cotton fields back home (B)
(E) It may sound a little funny
But you didn't (A) make very much money (E)
In them old cotton (B) fields back home (E)
(CHORUS)
Oh when those (A) cotton balls get rotten
You can't (E) pick you very much cotton
In them old cotton fields back home (B)
It was (E) down in Louisiana
Just a (A) mile from Texarkana (E)
In them (B) old cotton fields back home (E)
I was over in Arkansas
People ask me what you come here for
In them old cotton fields back home
I was over in Arkansas
People ask me what you come here for
In them old cotton fields back home
*sometimes i play (B7) instead of the (B)
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