[Intro]
    x2

            
Cumberland Gap

         
, is the devil

 of a gap
            
Cumberland Gap

         
, is the devil

 of a gap

    x2


[Verse]
            
Kiss me mama, 

 
kiss your boy
            
Bless me well 

    
and lucky
            
For I won't be

           
 back 'til I r

eturn
     
I'm going to o

ld Kentucky


[Verse]
            
Cumberland Gap

         
, is the devil

 of a gap
            
That's what th

             
e scouts all t

ell ya
            
Sure enough it

    
'll make it to

ugh

If it doesn't 

kill ya, kill 

ya


[Chorus]
             
  Kentucky she

              
's a waitin' o

            
n the other si

de
  
Give you the f

ever
              
Put the daylig

           
ht in your eye


[Verse]
            
Brother John's

   
 already gone
            
With a full bl

             
ood Cherokee m

aiden
            
He made the tr

          
ip in the bliz

zard's grip
     
I'd rather wre

stle Satan


[Verse]
            
Cumberland Gap

  
, devil of a g

ap
            
Oh, the snow k

    
ept coming
            
Picked her up 

  
upon his back
             
My god he love

       
d that woman


[Instrumental]
    l     l     l  


[Verse]
            
Daniel stood o

      
n the pinnacle

 rock
            
Looking up and

           
 down the moun

tain
            
Took his trust

  
y old flintloc

k

Daniel started

 shouting, sho

uting


[Chorus]
             
  Kentucky she

              
's a waitin' o

            
n the other si

de
 
Give you the f

ever
              
Put the daylig

           
ht in your eye


[Outro]
            
Cumberland Gap

          
, is the devil

 of a gap
            
Cumberland Gap

          
, is the devil

 of a gap
            
Cumberland Gap

          
, is the devil

 of a gap
            
Cumberland Gap

          
, is the devil

 of a gap