Wagoner/Stuart NOTE: In the first verse, don't play the B7. In all other verses, it's played. INTRO: E E Eleven cent cotton and a forty cent meat E How in the world can a poor man eat E Mule's up high, cotton down low B7 E How in the world in the world can they raise the dough CHORUS: A E Take me back, take me back B7 E Take me back to my old Carolina home Eleven cent cotton and a heavy land tax Uncle Sam's got my money and he can't get it back Debt's got the farmer, we all know well If it don't turn around she's gone to hell CHORUS SOLO: D E D E D E B7 E A E B7 E No fish in the pond, no worms in the ground Mockin' bird's singin' and he ain't made a sound So I jumped in the river and I thought I'd drown Seen a redheaded woman and I couldn't go down CHORUS (2x) SOLO E Eleven cent cotton and a forty cent meat B7 E How in the world can a poor man eat OUTRO: D E