Cumberland Gap - David Rawlings

Am C x2

             Am                       C
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2

Am C x2


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

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


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

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

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

[Instrumental]
Am C l G l G D l D


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


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


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

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