Cumberland County chords by Fred Eaglesmith

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
G  F  G  F  G  F  G  F

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

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

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

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

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