Cumberland Blues Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][G][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I can't stay much longer, Melinda
The sun is getting high
[G]I can't help you with your troubles
If you won't help with mine
[F#]I gotta get down
[Bb]I gotta get [B]down
[Bb]Gotta get down[A] to, t[C]o th[G]e mine

[Verse 2]
You [G]keep me up just one more night
I can't stop here no more
[G]Little Ben clock says quarter to eight
You kept me up till four
[F#]I gotta get down
[Bb]I gotta get [B]down
[Bb]Or I can't work [A]ther[C]e no m[G]ore

[Solo 1]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][G][G]

[Verse 3]
[G]A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill
Will keep him happy all the time
[G]Some other fellow's making nothing at all

[Bridge 1]
And you can hear him cry
[C]"Can I go, buddy, can I go down
[D]Take your shift at the mine?"
[C]Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine
Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine
[F]That's where I mainly spend my time
[C]Make good money, five dollars a day
[F]Made anymore, I might move away
[C][Am][Em]

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
Lotta poor man got the [C]Cumberland [G]Blues
He can't win for [C]losing
Lotta poor man got to [G]walk the line
[A]Just to pay his union due[D]s

[Outro 1]
[C]I don't know now[D], I just don't know
[C]If I'm coming back agai[G]n
[C]I don't know now[D], I just don't know
[C]If I'm coming back agai[G]n
[C]I don't know now[D], I just don't know
[C]If I'm coming back agai[G]n