Biography:
David Todd Rawlings is a professional guitarist and singer. He is best known as the longtime musical partner of bluegrass singer-songwriter Gillian Welch. The Dave Rawlings Machine album "A Friend of a Friend" was released in 2009.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
[Intro]
Dm F x2
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2
Dm F x2
[Verse]
Dm F
Kiss me mama, kiss your boy
Dm C
Bless me wearing lucky
Dm F
For I won't be back 'til I return
C
I'm going to old Kentucky
[Verse]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
Dm C
That's what the scouts all tell ya
Dm F
Sure enough it'll make it tough
C
If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya
[Chorus]
Dm
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F C
Give you the fever
G G
Put the daylight in your eye
[Verse]
Dm F
Brother John's alReady gone
Dm C
With a full good Cherokee maiden
Dm F
He made the trip in the blizzard's grip
C
I'd rather wrestle Satan
[Verse]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, devil of a gap
Dm C
Oh, the snow kept coming
Dm F
Picked her up upon his back
C C
My god he loved that woman
[Instrumental]
Dm F l C l C G l G
[Verse]
Dm F
Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock
Dm C
Looking up and down the mountain
Dm F
Took his trusty old flintlock
C
Daniel started shouting, shouting
[Chorus]
Dm
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F C
Give you the fever
G G
Put the daylight in your eye
[Outro]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x4
end on Dm
Dm F x2
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x2
Dm F x2
[Verse]
Dm F
Kiss me mama, kiss your boy
Dm C
Bless me wearing lucky
Dm F
For I won't be back 'til I return
C
I'm going to old Kentucky
[Verse]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap
Dm C
That's what the scouts all tell ya
Dm F
Sure enough it'll make it tough
C
If it doesn't kill ya, kill ya
[Chorus]
Dm
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F C
Give you the fever
G G
Put the daylight in your eye
[Verse]
Dm F
Brother John's alReady gone
Dm C
With a full good Cherokee maiden
Dm F
He made the trip in the blizzard's grip
C
I'd rather wrestle Satan
[Verse]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, devil of a gap
Dm C
Oh, the snow kept coming
Dm F
Picked her up upon his back
C C
My god he loved that woman
[Instrumental]
Dm F l C l C G l G
[Verse]
Dm F
Daniel stood on the pinnacle rock
Dm C
Looking up and down the mountain
Dm F
Took his trusty old flintlock
C
Daniel started shouting, shouting
[Chorus]
Dm
Kentucky she's a waitin' on the other side
F C
Give you the fever
G G
Put the daylight in your eye
[Outro]
Dm F
Cumberland Gap, is the devil of a gap x4
end on Dm
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