Cotton Jenny -(G) (C) (G) (C) There's a (G) house on a hill By a (C) worn down weathered old (G) mill In the valley be-(D)-low where the river winds There's no such thing as bad (G) times And a soft southern flame Oh (C) Cotton Jenny's her (G) name She wakes me (D) up when the sun goes down And the wheels of love go (G) 'round Wheels of love go (C) 'round Love go (G) 'round, love go (A) 'round A joyful (D) sound I ain't (G) got a penny For (C) Cotton Jenny to (D) spend But then the wheels go (G) 'round (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) When the (G) new day begins I go (C) down to the cotton (G) gin And I make my time (D) worth while to them Then I climb back up (G) again And she waits by the door Oh (C) Cotton Jenny I'm (G) sore And she rubs my (D) feet while the sun goes down And the wheels of love go (G) 'round Wheels of love go (C) 'round Love go (G) 'round, love go (A) 'round A joyful (D) sound I ain't (G) got a penny For (C) Cotton Jenny to (D) spend But then the wheels go (G) 'round (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) In the (G) hot, sickly South When (C) they say we'll shut my (G) mouth I can never be (D) free from my cotton grind But I know I got what's (G) mine A soft southern flame Oh (C) Cotton Jenny's her (G) name She wakes me (D) up when the sun goes down And the wheels of love go (G) 'round Wheels of love go (C) 'round Love go (G) 'round, love go (A) 'round A joyful (D) sound I ain't (G) got a penny For (C) Cotton Jenny to (D) spend But then the wheels go (G) 'round (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) (C) (G) Gordon Lightfoot |
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