California Cottonfields Merle Haggard
My drifting memo[G]ry goes back to the[D7] spring of '43[F] [C]
When [G]I was just a child in momma's [D7]arms
My [G]daddy plowed the [D7]ground and promised [F]someday we would [C]leave
This [G]run-down mortgaged [D7]Oklahoma [G]farm
[D7]Then one night I heard my daddy [C]saying to my [G]momma
[A7]That he'd finally saved enough to [D7]go
[G]California [D7]was his dream a [F]paradise for [C]he had seen
[G]Pictures in [D7]magazines that [G]told him so
[G]Cali[C]fornia [D7]Cottonfields
Where [C]labor camps were [D7]filled with weary [C]men with broken [G]dreams
Cali[C]fornia [D7]Cottonfields
As [C]close to wealth as [D7]daddy ever [G]came
Nearly everything we [D7]had was sold or [F]left be[C]hind
From [G]my daddy's plow to the soup that momma [D7]canned
Some [G]folks came to say [D7]farewell or see what [F]all we had to [C]sell
Some [G]just came to shake [D7]my daddy's [G]hand
[D7]That model A was loaded down and [C]California [G]bound
[A7]A change of luck was just 4 days [D7]away
[G]But the only change [D7]that I remember [F]seeing in my [C]daddy
[G]Was when his dark hair [D7]turned to silver [G]gray
[D7]Then one night I heard my daddy [C]saying to my [G]momma
[A7]That he'd finally saved enough to [D7]go
[G]California [D7]was his dream a [F]paradise for [C]he had seen
[G]Pictures in [D7]magazines that [G]told him so
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