Cumberland Blues Chords by Grateful Dead
- Key: G
- BPM: 118
- Capo: no capo
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CUMBERLAND BLUES CHORDS
[Start] [Intro] [Verse] G7 ■ I can't stay much longer Melinda G7 The sun is getting high G7 I can't help you with your troubles Gb7 If you won't help with mine [Chorus] B Bb I gotta get down I gotta get down A7 Am7 G7 Gotta get down to mine G7 You keep me up just one more night G7 I can't sleep here no more G7 Little Ben clock says quarter to eight G7 You kept me up till four Gb7 Bb B7 B ■ I gotta get down I gotta get down Bb A7 G Or I can't work there no more [Inst] Em G7 C7 G7 ■ ■ ■ ■ [Verse] G7 A lotta poor man make a five dollar bill G7 Keep him happy all the time G Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all C And you can hear him cry [Chorus] C Can I go buddy can I go down D Take your shift at the mine D Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine C F C Gotta get down to the Cumberland Mine F That's where I mainly spend my time G C G C ■ Make good money five dollars a day ■ F C Am Em G Made anymore I might move away ■ ■ ■ C G Lotta poor man got the Cumberland Blues C He can't win for losin' G A7 Lotta poor man got to walk the line ■ A D C Just to pay his union dues D C I don't know now I just don't know G If I'm goin' back again C D C ■ I don't know now I just don't know G If I'm goin' back again C D C ■ I don't know now I just don't know G If I'm goin' back again [End]