Cotton Jenny

by Gordon Lightfoot · posted by BlueWest

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How to read this tab — notation key

+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
< or *: Push the button in (chromatic harmonica)

Full reference and posting tips in the tab guide.

Tab

5      -5 6     -6 -7 7
There's a house on a hill
-8 8 -9   -9   -9  8     -8  7
By a worn down weathered old mill
7  7   7  -7  7  -8 -8    -8  -8 7  -7
In the valley below where the river winds
-6     6  -6   6     -4 -5  5
Theres no such thing as bad times
5  -5 6    -6 -7    7
And a soft southern flame
8  -9  -9 -9  8  -8  7
Oh cotton jennys her name
7   7     -7 7  -8   -8  -8  -8 7 -7
She wakes me up when the sun goes down
-6  6      6  8 -8 7 -6 7  
And wheels of love go   round

7      7  -8   7  -6
Wheels of love go round
7 -8 7  8  9 8 -8 7
Love go round,
7 7  -6  -6
love go round
-6 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -6 6 
A joyful sound
7 -8   8   8 8  8  8   -9 -9  8  -8 7  -7 -8 -7 -6 6
I aint got a penny for cotton jenny to spend
6   6    6   8 -8   7 -6 7
But then the wheels go   round

5    -5  6   -6  -7  7
When the new day begins
-8 8 -9   -9 -9  8  -8  7
I go down to the cotton gin
7   7 -7   7  -8   -8    -8    7  -7
And I make my time worth while to them
6    6 6     6    6  -5 6
Then I climb back up again
5   -5  6     -6 -7  7
And she waits by the door
8  -9 -9  -9 8  -8  7
Oh cotton jenny I'm sore
7   7     -7 7  -8   -8  -8  -8 7 -7
She wakes me up when the sun goes down
-6  6      6  8 -8 7 -6 7  
And wheels of love go   round

7      7  -8   7  -6
Wheels of love go round
7 -8 7  8  9 8 -8 7
Love go round,
7 7  -6  -6
love go round
-6 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -6 6 
A joyful sound
7 -8   8   8 8  8  8   -9 -9  8  -8 7  -7 -8 -7 -6 6
I aint got a penny for cotton jenny to spend
6   6    6   8 -8   7 -6 7
But then the wheels go   round

5  -5  6    -6 -7  7
In the hot, sickly south
-8   8    -9  -9   8    -8 7
When they say well shut my mouth
7 7   7 -7  7  -8   -8   -8  -8  7  -7
I can never be free from the cotton grind
6   6 -6   6 6   -5    5
But I know I got whats mine
5   -5  6   -6  -7   7
Shes a soft southern flame
8  -9  -9 -9  8  -8  7
Oh cotton jennys her name
7   7     -7 7  -8   -8  -8  -8 7 -7
She wakes me up when the sun goes down
-6  6      6  8 -8 7 -6 7  
And wheels of love go   round

7      7  -8   7  -6
Wheels of love go round
7 -8 7  8  9 8 -8 7
Love go round,
7 7  -6  -6
love go round
-6 -8 -8 -7 -8 -7 -6 6 
A joyful sound
7 -8   8   8 8  8  8   -9 -9  8  -8 7  -7 -8 -7 -6 6
I aint got a penny for cotton jenny to spend
6   6    6   8 -8   7 -6 7
But then the wheels go   round

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