NC=No Chord/S=Strum 
{Spoken}  
{NC} {S:C} I got cotton in the {S:G7} bottom land 
It's up and growin' and I {S:C} got a good stand 
My good wife and them {S:G7} kids of mine 
Gonna get new shoes, come {S:C} Pickin' Time ... 
G7 Get new shoes come C Pickin' Time. 
  
C Ev'ry night when I G7 go to bed 
I thank the Lord that my C kids are fed 
They live on beans eight G7 days and nine ... 
But I get 'em fat come C Pickin' Time 
G7 Get 'em fat come come C Pickin' Time. 
 
The corn is yellow and the beans are high 
The sun is hot in the summer sky 
The work is hard til layin' by ... 
Layin' by til Pickin' Time 
Layin' by til Pickin' Time. 
 
It's hard to see by the coal-oil light 
And I turn it off purty early at night 
'Cause a jug of coal-oil costs a dime ... 
But I stay up late come Pickin' Time 
Stay up late come Pickin' Time. 
 
My old wagon barely gets me to town 
I patched the wheels and I watered 'em down 
Keep her in shape so she'll be fine ... 
To haul my cotton come Pickin' Time 
Haul my cotton come Pickin' Time. 
 
{Spoken} & Strum last verse same as first. 
 
Last Sunday mornin' when they passed the hat 
It was still nearly empty back where I sat 
But the preacher smiled and said that's fine ... 
The Lord'll wait til Pickin' Time 
The Lord'll wait til Pickin' Time.