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Cumberland Blues

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The Grateful Dead was an American rock band formed in 1965 in Palo Alto, California. The band is known for its eclectic style, which fused elements of rock, folk, country, jazz, bluegrass, blues, gospel, and psychedelic rock; for live performances of lengthy instrumental jams; and for its devoted fan base, known as "Deadheads." "Their music," writes Lenny Kaye, "touches on ground that most other groups don't even know exists." These various influences

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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.