D#m F# x2 D#m F# Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2 D#m F# x2 D#m F# Kiss me mama, kiss your boy D#m C# Bless me wearing lucky D#m F# For I wonʼt be back ʼtil I return C# Iʼm going to old Kentucky D#m F# Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap D#m C# Thatʼs what the scouts all tell ya D#m F# Sure enough itʼll make it tough C# If it doesnʼt kill ya, kill ya D#m Kentucky sheʼs a waitinʼ on the other side F# C# Give you the fever G# G# Put the daylight in your eye D#m F# Brother Johnʼs alReady gone D#m C# With a full good Cherokee maiden D#m F# He made the trip in the blizzardʼs grip C# Iʼd rather wrestle Satan D#m F# Cumberland Gap, devil of a gap D#m C# Oh, the snow kept coming D#m F# Picked her up upon his back C# C# My god he loved that woman D#m F# C# C# G# G# D#m F# Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock D#m C# Looking up and down the mountain D#m F# Took his trusty old flintlock C# Daniel started shouting, shouting D#m Kentucky sheʼs a waitinʼ on the other side F# C# Give you the fever G# G# Put the daylight in your eye D#m F# Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x4