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MEDLEY: PICK A BALE OF COTTON / ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY / THE MIDNIGHT SPECIAL (Abba) Time signature: Cut Common (ie feels 2/4 but written 4/4) E (whole song is E) Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale of cotton Gonna jump down, spin around, pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day I said me and my buddy gonna pick a bale of cotton Now me and my buddy gonna pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day Oh, Lordy Pick a bale of cotton Oh, Lordy Pick a bale a day Turnaround: 6 bars of E then |E |D |A D|A N.C.| Time Signature now 6/8 (A) D On top of Old Smokey
All covered with Asnow I lA7ost my true Elover By courting so Aslow A7 For courting's a Dpleasure And parting is Agrief And a false-hearted Elover Is worse than a Athief A7 On top of old DSmokey All covered with Asnow I A7lost my true Elover By courting so Aslow
Back to 4/4
Turnaround: 4 bars

N.C.

however you can play a G
Verse 1: (G) C Well, you wake up in the morning
Hear the ding dong Gring You go marching to the Dtable See the same old Gthing See the fork on the Ctable Nothing in your Gpan If you say a thing aDbout it You're in trouble with the Gman
CHORUS:
G7Let the midnight Cspecial Shine a light on Gme Let the midnight Dspecial Shine its everlovin' light on Gme
Verse 2:
G7If you ever go to CHouston Well you'd better act Gright And you'd better not Dgamble And you'd better not Gfight For the sheriff will arCrest you And he'll take you Gdown And before you underDstand it You are prison Gbound
CHORUS:
G7Let the midnight Cspecial Shine a light on Gme Let the midnight Dspecial Shine its everlovin' light on Gme (on me, on me)
[Play CHORUS two more times, then fade fourth time around.] [Live: can just end on the final G Chord, or do a cadence] :Charted by Bustopher the Busker - bustopher@bigpond.com