Cumberland Sound E A This old hound is St. Mary?s bound B E And this old hound has still got a ways to go A Spend the first half of your just trying to run away B E Spend the second half just trying to get back home Chorus: A To the Cumberland Sound B E Someday I?ll cross that river and settle down C#m A B E F#m Like voices from the timber, I can?t get it out of my head A It?s all I hear E A B E E A Cotton ain?t the king no more, Kudzu is B E It?s swallowing up the land and choking off the life A Inch by inch it pushed me to the precipice B E Gonna wade right in that water and float on down Chorus: E A This old hound is St. Mary?s bound E E And this old hound ain?t nowhere near there yet A But the ground been frozen since the new year B E And the cold dry air lies hard against my veins Chorus: