C
F
C
Born in Arkansas Mississippi river at my backdoor
D7
G7
If that black land was so doggone rich how come we were so poor
F
C
F
Pick that cotton in daytime pick guitar at night
C
G7
C
Daddy said hon keep on picking everything´s gonna be all right
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
D7
We’ll have shoes for to school new clothes too
G7
And go to the fair next fall
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
G7
C
Everything’s gonna be all right in Arkansas
F
C
Seemed like every year something happened to the cotton crop
D7
G7
If drought didn’t wipe us out there were rains that never stopped
F
C
F
Clouds came up that morning river came up that night
C
G7
C
Daddy said pack up the pickup hon everything´s gonna be all right
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
D7
We’ll have shoes for to school new clothes too
G7
And go to the fair next fall
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
G7
C
Everything’s gonna be all right in Arkansas
F
C
Stayed away till the river went down and then we went back home
D7
G7
That black land was just black mud and all our cotton was gone
F
C
F
Can’t forget how daddy looked the day I saw him cry
C
G7
C
But through his tears he said next year everything´s gonna be all right
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
D7
We’ll have shoes for to school new clothes too
G7
And go to the fair next fall
F
C
Be all right in Arkansas
G7
C
Everything’s gonna be all right in Arkansas
G7
D7
C
F
