Peach Picking Time Down In Georgia

Hank Snow

Written by Jimmie Rodgers and Clayton McMichen

Key of G · Chords: I II IV V ii

Verse 1

G
When it's peach picking time down in Georgia
C                     G
Apple picking time in Tennessee
D7                     G
Cotton picking time in Mississippi
A7                      D7
Well everybody picks on me

Verse 2

G
And when it's roundup time in Texas
C                Am
And cowboys make whoopee
C                   G
And way down in old Alabama
Am               D7       G
It's gal picking time for me

Verse 3

There's the bluegrass in old Kentucky
C                          G
Virginia where they do the swing
D7                         G
Carolina now I'm coming to you
A7                           D7
I'm coming just to spend the spring

Verse 4

G
Arkansas I hear you calling
C                   Am
I know I'll see you soon
C                              G
There’s where I'll do a little picking
Am               D7    G
Beneath that old Ozark moon

Verse 5

When the pickers picked the cotton
C                                G
That's the time I pick a wedding ring
D7                                G
We'll go to town to pick a little gown
A7                     D7
For the wedding in the spring

Verse 6

G
Hope the preacher knows his business
C                    Am
I know he can't fool me
C                                    G
When it's peach picking time down in Georgia
Am            D7               G
Then it's gal picking time for me