David Rawlings with Gillian Welch - Cumberland Gap

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[Intro]
Dm F x2
 
Dm FCumberland Gap, is a devil of a gap x2
Dm F x2
 
 
[Verse]
Dm FKiss me mama, kiss your boy
Dm CBless me well and lucky
Dm FFor I won't be back 'til I return
CI'm gone to old Kentucky
 
 
[Verse]
Dm FCumberland Gap, it's a devil of a gap
Dm CThat's what the scouts all tell ya
Dm FSure enough it make get tough
CIf it doesn't kill ya, kill ya
 
 
[Chorus]
DmKentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F CGive you the fever
G GPut the daylight in your eyes
 
 
[Verse]
Dm FBrother John's already gone
Dm CWith a full-blood Cherokee maiden
Dm FHe made the trip in the blizzard's grip
CI'd rather wrestle Satan
 
 
[Verse]
Dm FCumberland Gap, devil of a gap
Dm COh, the snow kept coming
Dm FPicked her up upon his back
C CMy god he loved that woman
 
 
[Instrumental]
Dm F l C l C G l G
 
 
[Verse]
Dm FDaniel stood on the pinnacle rock
Dm CLooking up and down the mountain
Dm FTook his trusty old flintlock
CDaniel started shouting, shouting
 
 
[Chorus]
DmKentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F CGive you the fever
G GPut the daylight in your eyes
 
 
[Outro]
Dm FCumberland Gap, devil of a gap x4
 
end on Dm
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