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#A#BA#AG#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,
CD
"Can I go buddy, can I go down, take your shift at the mine?"
C
Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine
FC
(Gotta get down to the Cumberland mine)
FC
That's where I mainly spend my time.
C
Make good money, five dollars a day,
FCAm7C7EmG
Made any more I might move away.
GCG
Lotta poor man got the Cumberland blues,
C
He can't win for losin',
CAD
Lotta poor man got to walk the line just to pay his union dues,
CDCAm7G
I don't know now, I just don't know, if I'm goin' back again.
This arrangement for the song is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the song. You may only use this for private study, scholarship, or research.