Cotton Jenny
By Gordon Lightfoot
From the LP Summer Side Of Life
Transcribed by Dan Nicholas
[G]There's a house on a hill by a [C]worn down weathered old [G]mill
In the vally be[D]low where the river winds there's no such thing as bad
[G]times
And a soft southern flame oh [C]Cotton Jenny's her [G]name
She wakes me [D]up when the sun goes down and the wheel of love goes [D]round
Cho.. Wheels of love go [C]round love go [G]rou __ __ ound
Love go [A]round a joyful [D]sou __ __ ound
I ain't [G]got a penny if a [C]Cotton Jenny to [D]spend but then
The wheels go rou[G]nd [C] [G]
Then a new day begins I go down to the cotton gin
And I make my time worthwhile to them then I climb back up again
And she waits by the door oh Cotton Jenny I'm sore
And she rubs my feet while the sun goes down and the wheel of love goes round
Cho..
In the hot sickly south when they say "well shut my mouth"
I can never be free from the cotton grind but I know I got what's mine
With a soft southern flame oh Cotton Jenny's her name
She wakes me up when the sun goes down and the wheel of love goes round
Cho..
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Wheel go round round & round mmm mmmm
Dan