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                      G             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.