Cumberland Gap - David Rawlings

Em G x2

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Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2

Em G x2


[Verse]
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Kiss me mama, kiss your boy
              Em         D
Bless me wearing lucky
               Em              G
For I won't be back 'til I return
                D
I'm going to old Kentucky

[Verse]
                     Em           G
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
                Em           D
That's what the scouts all tell ya
               Em           G
Sure enough it'll make it tough
                 D
If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya


[Chorus]
                                                   Em
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
         G             D
Give you the fever
          A                 A
Put the daylight in your eye

[Verse]
           Em             G
Brother John's alReady gone
         Em                    D
With a full blood Cherokee maiden
              Em               G
He made the trip in the blizzard's grip
                D
I'd rather wrestle Satan

[Verse]
            Em             G
Cumberland Gap, devil of a gap
            Em        D
Oh, the snow kept coming
          Em                 G
Picked her up upon his back
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My god he loved that woman

[Instrumental]
Em G l D l D A l A


[Verse]
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Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock
            Em             D
Looking up and down the mountain
            Em               G
Took his trusty old flintlock
          D
Daniel started shouting, shouting


[Chorus]
                                                    Em
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
       G              D
Give you the fever
      A                A
Put the daylight in your eye


[Outro]
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Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x4

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