'Cumberland Blues' by Grateful Dead - Guitar Tutorial

             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.  
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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, 
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"Can I go buddy, can I go down, take your shift at the mine?"  
 C
Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine  
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(Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine)  
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That's where I mainly spend my time.  
 C
Make good money, five dollars a day,  
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Made any more I might move away.  
 
 G                      C          G
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues,  
                  C
He can't win for losin',  
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Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues,  
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I don't know now, I just don't know, if I'm goin' back again.