Cumberland Mountain Number Nine Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Baby don't ya cry 'cause
[C]momma's coming [G]home
Poppa goin' bring you back
[C]some chitlins and [G]some corn
[D]Last frost done took its loss
[C]right down to the bone
We're [G]lucky [Em]we still got r[D]oom
[C]to roam[G][Am][D]

[Verse 2]
[G]Goin' there to here is [C]almost at [G]a halt
Don't you go off blaming God,
you [C]know it ain't his [G]fault
[D]One time when life was fine [C]someone
found the wine
[G]Cumberland Moun[Em]tain [D]Number [C]Nine

[Verse 3]
[G]That still was the best damn still
they [C]ever did [G]make
Wouldn't stand for nothing less,
[C]stand for no mistake
[G]Las[D]t Fall we made a haul and fil[C]led
the limestone mine
[G]Cumberland Moun[Em]tain
[D]Number Nine
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[Verse 4]
[C]Winter come a change
[G]Spring bring the rain
[C]We wer[D]en't [G]meant [D]to stay [G]the same
[C]One thing for sure
[G]We done found the [Em]cure,
[G]Cumberland Moun[Em]tain [D]Number Nine

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 5]
[G]Black coal from the strip mine
way up [C]north at Jellico
[G]Kept the brew running smooth
[C]along the Thunder [G]Road
[D]Way back down in Bear Tree Gap the
[C]devil's juice flowed fine
[G]Cumberland Moun[Em]tain [D]Number Nine
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[Verse 6]
The FB- and the TV- I had
[C]followed us [G]for years
Eventually they got the scent
and [C]nabbed us by [G]the hair
[D]Man said son I'll blow up [C]everything
between your [G]ears
You got [Em]to face [D]bout 20 years.
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[Verse 7]
[C]Winter come a change
[G]Spring bring the rain
[C]We wer[D]en't [G]meant [D]to stay [G]the same
And [C]now from this cell
I've a [G]story [Em]to tell...
[G]Cumberland Mountai[D]n
Number [C]Nine
Cumberland [D]Mountain [C]Number Nine

[Outro 1]
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