[Intro] D  Am  D  C  D

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Way out there in the cotton 
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Sun beatin' down so hard 
D
Sweat rollin' of this shovel 
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Diggin' in the devil's boneyard 

G
Sure like a cool drink of water 
Bb
Soft rag to soothe my face 
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Sure like a woman to talk to in this place 

       D
It's a hundred and ten 
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Hundred and ten in the shade 
      D
Goin' way down
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Mama won't you carry me 

D                     D
Handle so hot I can't stand it 
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Might shrivel up and blow away 
D
Noonday sun make you crazy 
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Least, that's what the old men say 

G
Bottom land hard as a gravestone 
Bb
Couldn't cut it with an axe 
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Gonna lay me down right here 
D
And that's a fact 

       D
It's a hundred and ten 
G                      D
Hundred and ten in the shade 
      D
Goin' way down
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Mama won't you carry me 

[Solo] D  Am  D

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Sometimes late in the evenin' 
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Everything is quiet and still 
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I set here and think about leavin' 
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Lord, I guess I never will

G
Heartache down in that city 
Bb
Bright light scares me anyway 
D                    Am           D
Sure like a woman to talk in this place 

       D
It's a hundred and ten 
G                      D
Hundred and ten in the shade 
      D
Goin' way down
Am                   D
Mama won't you carry me