Cotton Jenny Uke tab by Gordon Lightfoot

4 Chords used in the song: G, C, D, A

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Tablature / Chords (Full Song)

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Album: 
Year:  1975
Difficulty: 
2.75
(Beginner)
Key: D, G, Em, BmChords
1st verse:
G chordG C chordC G chordG
There's a house on a hill by a worn down weathered old mill

D chordD
In the vally bellow where the river winds

G chordG
There's no such thing as bad times

C chordC G chordG
And a soft southern flame oh Cotton Jenny's her name
D chordD
She wakes me up when the sun goes down

G chordG
and the wheel of love goes round


Chorus:
C chordC G chordG
Wheels of love go round love go round

A chordA D chordD
Love go round a joyful sound

G chordG C chordC D chordD
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then

G chordG C chordC G chordG
The wheels go round


2nd verse:
G chordG C chordC G chordG
Then a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin

D chordD
And I make my time worthwhile to them

G chordG
then I climb back up again

C chordC G chordG
And she waits by the door oh Cotton Jenny I'm sore

D chordD
And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down and the wheel of

G chordG
love goes round


Chorus:
C chordC G chordG
Wheels of love go round love go round

A chordA D chordD
Love go round a joyful sound

G chordG C chordC D chordD
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then

G chordG C chordC G chordG
The wheels go round


3rd verse:
G chordG C chordC G chordG
In the hot sickly south when they say "well shut my mouth"
D chordD
I can never be free from the cotton grind

G chordG
but I know I got what's mine

C chordC G chordG
With a soft southern flame oh Cotton Jenny's her name

D chordD
She wakes me up when the sun goes down

G chordG
and the wheel of love goes round

Chorus:
C chordC G chordG
Wheels of love go round love go round

A chordA D chordD
Love go round a joyful sound

G chordG C chordC D chordD
I ain't got a penny for Cotton Jenny to spend but then

G chordG C chordC G chordG
The wheels go round

G chordG C chordC G chordG C chordC G chordG C chordC G chordG
Wheel go round round & round mmm mmmm

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