Em                               A7
Get home late in some evening
                                                     Em          E7
Poor lightning gotta go home and take him some rest
                                A7
Get home late in some evening
                                                 Em
Poor lightning gotta go home and take some rest
                          B7                     A7
You know I gotta pick cotton tomorrow and Monday
                                         Em
Little girl that’s gonna be a solid bet

Em                               A7
Woah I don’t weigh but 95 pound
                                          Em              E7
100 pound is too much load for me to pull
                               A7
I don’t weigh but 90 pound boy
                                          Em
100 pound is too much load for me to pull
                               B7                        A7
I get straigten up in the field and stoop down lightning
                                Em     A      Em
Go on boy and get you sack full
   Em                           A7
I stood straight up in the field
                                            Em          E7
Looking around tryin’ to find me some shade
A7
Woah lord have mercy
                                            Em
Poor lightning tryin to find him some shade
                                   B7             A
Poor mama sittin down with a pencil and paper
                                             Em   A     Em
Figurin’ up every dime that the family made

Em                          A7
My daddy was a sack shaker
                                        Em               E7
Carried my ass straight down that road
A7
My daddy was a sack shaker
                                       Em
Carried my ass straight down that road
                              B7
Woah every time I go way up
 A                                             Em    A      Em
He say go ahead lightnin’ and get me some more