Cumberland Blues

Cumberland Blues -- Grateful Dead (Hunter, Garcia) 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# Bb B Bb A Ab G I gotta get down, I gotta get down, I gotta get down to the mine. You keep me up just one more night, I can't sleep here no more. Little Ben clock says quarter 'til eight, you kept me up 'til four. I gotta get down, I gotta get down, or I can't work there no more. G Lotta poor man make a five dollar bill, keep him happy all the time. G Some other fella's makin' nothin' at all and you can hear him cry, C D "Can I go buddy, can I go down, take your shift at the mine?" C Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine F C (Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine) F C That's where I mainly spend my time. C Make good money, five dollars a day, F C Am7 C7 Em G Made any more I might move away. G C G Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues, C He can't win for losin', C A D Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues, C D C Am7 G I don't know now, I just don't know, if I'm goin' back again.