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Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap 

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Kiss me mama, kiss your boy
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Bless me wearing lucky
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For I won't be back 'til I return
        C
I'm going to old Kentucky
 
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Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
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That's what the scouts all tell ya
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Sure enough it'll make it tough
C
If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya


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Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F  C
Give you the fever
                        G       
Put the daylight in your eye
 
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Brother John's alReady gone
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With a full blood Cherokee maiden
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He made the trip in the blizzard's grip
        C
I'd rather wrestle Satan

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

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

                                Dm
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F  C
Give you the fever
                        G       
Put the daylight in your eye

Dm                      F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
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