Cumberland County chords by Fred Eaglesmith

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G+G FF G+G FF G+G FF G+G FF

Verse:
G+G                 C majorC
I drive a snow plough – Cumberland County
  G+G                   D MajorD
Covered up with flashing lights and chains.
G+G                    C majorC
I’ve got a contract with the Cumberland Township
    G+G       D MajorD     G+G
To keep their county roads clean.
G+G                   C majorC
I was born and raised up – Cumberland County.
G+G                  D MajorD
All my good friends – they live there.
G+G                     C majorC
They flash their porch lights when I go by.
G+G      D MajorD      G+G
Lately I just don’t care.

Chorus:
            C majorC
And there’s a curve out on the old town line.
  G+G
It always drifts in exactly the same.
     D MajorD
I can take it out with just one sweep –
G+G
My plough turned a particular way,
      C majorC
And it never stops snowin’ in Cumberland County
   G+G            E minorEm
So my work don’t ever get done,
    G+G
But lately I,ve been thinkin’ of drivin’ this snow plough
   D MajorD        G+G
Straight into the sun.

Verse:
G+G                   C majorC
Raised me some kids up – Cumberland County,
   G+G             D MajorD
But I don’t see ‘em much anymore.
G+G                     C majorC
She said she was tired of the same old stories –
 G+G                 D MajorD
Tired of the sparks against the snow.

Chorus:
            C majorC
And there’s a curve out on the old town line.
  G+G
It always drifts in exactly the same.
     D MajorD
I can take it out with just one sweep –
G+G
My plough turned a particular way,
      C majorC
And it never stops snowin’ in Cumberland County
   G+G            E minorEm
So my work don’t ever get done,
    G+G
But lately I,ve been thinkin’ of drivin’ this snow plough
   D MajorD        G+G
Straight into the sun.

Bridge:
           C majorC
And you can be anything that you wanna be –
G+G
That’s what they tol’ me when I left school.
  D MajorD
I took the first thing they offered me.
     G+G
Now I’m just another snow-blind fool.
      C majorC
And it never stops snowin’ in Cumberland County
               E minorEm
So my work don’t ever get done,
    G+G
But lately I,ve been thinkin’ of drivin’ this snow plough
  D MajorD        G+G
Straight into the sun.
G+G
Lately I,ve been thinkin’ of drivin’ this snow plough
   D MajorD        G+G
Straight into the sun.
G+G
Lately I,ve been thinkin’ of drivin’ this snow plough
   D MajorD        G+G FF G+G FF
Straight into the sun.