Church On Cumberland Road Chords

KeyE CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays416

Church On Cumberland Road by Bob DiPiero is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of E. It uses the chords E, A and B7. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro:  (E)  (E) 
 
(E) Just about a mile off of 109 
(E) There's a little church sittin' under the pines 
I (E) promised that girl she was gonna be mine 
I (E) wouldn't be surprised if she was standin' there cryin' ( walk up to A ) 
                                            
  (A) Wo-ah, I didn't know this bored-out Ford could go so (E) slow 
  (A) Wo-ah, You got to put your foot down on the (E) floor 
  'Cause we been (B7) rocking all night, now, don't you know 
  You gotta (E) get me to the church on Cumberland road 
 
Billy's (E) passed out in the backseat, but I think he's alive 
(E) Bobby's got his head hangin' over the side 
(E) Here you are doin' only 95 
(E) What's the matter with you, man - I thought you said you could drive ( walk up to A ) 
 
Repeat Chorus 
  
(E) Sweeter than the dew on a honeysuckle vine, 
(E) Hotter than noon on the Fourth of July, 
(E) Cutest little girl that I ever have known 
(E) Waitin' at the church on Cumberland Road. ( walk up to A ) 
 
Repeat Chorus 
 
  Yeah we've been (B7) rocking all night, now, don't you know 
  You gotta (E) get me to the church on Cumberland road  
    	

Chord diagrams

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100 BPM Andante