Chords for "Cumberland Gap" performed by Sam Hinton
Tempo:
129.05 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
D
Db
Eb
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Well, other [F] reasons for coming to North America were to make a [D] better living.
And one fellow that did that was a man named Dr.
Thomas [Gb] Walker.
I don't know when Dr.
Walker left England, but in [Db]
1750, he went to a place called [Bb] Cumberland Gap,
which is down where Tennessee and Virginia and Kentucky all come together.
[N] You know, a gap is a low place in the mountains, and at that time,
pioneers were beginning to [Bb] move into Kentucky in great numbers.
And this is in the year 1750 that he settled there.
And [D] they choose the gap to go through because you don't have to climb over the mountains.
So Dr.
Walker opened up a doctor's office and a store at Cumberland [Bb] Gap,
and among the items he sold there was this [Eb] musical instrument, the jaw harp,
or sometimes called the Jews harp, which was probably the most popular instrument in the world at that time.
[Db] It's got lots of names.
In Spain, they call it a birimbao.
In France, it's a gambard.
In Germany, [Bb] it's a maultrommel.
In Italy, it's called scatapinciare, [G] which means something that scatters [Bb] your thoughts.
And a [Eb]
pioneer going into Kentucky could [Db] buy it for about a cent and a half in 1750.
And you can carry it in your pocket, and [Eb] anybody can play it, too.
All you do to play it [Bb] is pluck it like that.
It makes a little sound.
[G] You have to amplify that.
You put it against your teeth.
[D]
And you have to change the shape of the inside of your mouth as if you were saying the vowel sounds like
[C] And that gives the idea of tones, you see.
Here's a tune they [Bb] made about Dr.
Walker at Cumberland Gap.
It goes like this.
[D]
[Bb] Not a first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in [F] Cumberland Gap was Dr.
Walker, an English [D] chap.
[N] Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
He shot at the bears in an [D] old front lock.
[N] Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
We all raised the devil in Cumberland [D] Gap.
[Bb]
Cumberland Gap.
And one fellow that did that was a man named Dr.
Thomas [Gb] Walker.
I don't know when Dr.
Walker left England, but in [Db]
1750, he went to a place called [Bb] Cumberland Gap,
which is down where Tennessee and Virginia and Kentucky all come together.
[N] You know, a gap is a low place in the mountains, and at that time,
pioneers were beginning to [Bb] move into Kentucky in great numbers.
And this is in the year 1750 that he settled there.
And [D] they choose the gap to go through because you don't have to climb over the mountains.
So Dr.
Walker opened up a doctor's office and a store at Cumberland [Bb] Gap,
and among the items he sold there was this [Eb] musical instrument, the jaw harp,
or sometimes called the Jews harp, which was probably the most popular instrument in the world at that time.
[Db] It's got lots of names.
In Spain, they call it a birimbao.
In France, it's a gambard.
In Germany, [Bb] it's a maultrommel.
In Italy, it's called scatapinciare, [G] which means something that scatters [Bb] your thoughts.
And a [Eb]
pioneer going into Kentucky could [Db] buy it for about a cent and a half in 1750.
And you can carry it in your pocket, and [Eb] anybody can play it, too.
All you do to play it [Bb] is pluck it like that.
It makes a little sound.
[G] You have to amplify that.
You put it against your teeth.
[D]
And you have to change the shape of the inside of your mouth as if you were saying the vowel sounds like
[C] And that gives the idea of tones, you see.
Here's a tune they [Bb] made about Dr.
Walker at Cumberland Gap.
It goes like this.
[D]
[Bb] Not a first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in [F] Cumberland Gap was Dr.
Walker, an English [D] chap.
[N] Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
He shot at the bears in an [D] old front lock.
[N] Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
We all raised the devil in Cumberland [D] Gap.
[Bb]
Cumberland Gap.
Key:
Bb
D
Db
Eb
F
Bb
D
Db
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Well, other [F] reasons for coming to North America were to make a [D] better living.
And one fellow that did that was a man named Dr.
Thomas [Gb] Walker.
I don't know when Dr.
Walker left England, but in [Db]
1750, he went to a place called [Bb] Cumberland Gap,
which is down where Tennessee and Virginia and Kentucky all come together.
[N] You know, a gap is a low place in the mountains, and at that time,
pioneers were beginning to [Bb] move into Kentucky in great numbers.
And this is in the year 1750 that he settled there.
_ And [D] they choose the gap to go through because you don't have to climb over the mountains.
So Dr.
Walker opened up a doctor's office and a store at Cumberland [Bb] Gap,
and among the items he sold there was this [Eb] musical instrument, the jaw harp,
or sometimes called the Jews harp, which was probably the most popular instrument in the world at that time.
[Db] It's got lots of names.
In Spain, they call it a birimbao.
In France, it's a gambard.
In Germany, [Bb] it's a maultrommel.
In Italy, it's called scatapinciare, [G] which means something that scatters [Bb] your thoughts.
And a [Eb]
pioneer going into Kentucky could [Db] buy it for about a cent and a half in 1750.
And you can carry it in your pocket, and [Eb] anybody can play it, too.
All you do to play it [Bb] is pluck it like that.
It makes a little sound.
_ [G] You have to amplify that.
You put it against your teeth.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you have to change the shape of the inside of your mouth as if you were saying the vowel sounds _ like_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] And that gives the idea of tones, you see.
Here's a tune they [Bb] made about Dr.
Walker at Cumberland Gap.
It goes like this.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Not a first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in [F] Cumberland Gap was Dr.
Walker, an English [D] chap. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
He shot at the bears in an [D] old front lock. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
We all raised the devil in Cumberland [D] Gap. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Cumberland Gap. _ _ _ _ _
Well, other [F] reasons for coming to North America were to make a [D] better living.
And one fellow that did that was a man named Dr.
Thomas [Gb] Walker.
I don't know when Dr.
Walker left England, but in [Db]
1750, he went to a place called [Bb] Cumberland Gap,
which is down where Tennessee and Virginia and Kentucky all come together.
[N] You know, a gap is a low place in the mountains, and at that time,
pioneers were beginning to [Bb] move into Kentucky in great numbers.
And this is in the year 1750 that he settled there.
_ And [D] they choose the gap to go through because you don't have to climb over the mountains.
So Dr.
Walker opened up a doctor's office and a store at Cumberland [Bb] Gap,
and among the items he sold there was this [Eb] musical instrument, the jaw harp,
or sometimes called the Jews harp, which was probably the most popular instrument in the world at that time.
[Db] It's got lots of names.
In Spain, they call it a birimbao.
In France, it's a gambard.
In Germany, [Bb] it's a maultrommel.
In Italy, it's called scatapinciare, [G] which means something that scatters [Bb] your thoughts.
And a [Eb]
pioneer going into Kentucky could [Db] buy it for about a cent and a half in 1750.
And you can carry it in your pocket, and [Eb] anybody can play it, too.
All you do to play it [Bb] is pluck it like that.
It makes a little sound.
_ [G] You have to amplify that.
You put it against your teeth.
[D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
And you have to change the shape of the inside of your mouth as if you were saying the vowel sounds _ like_ _ _ _ _ _
[C] And that gives the idea of tones, you see.
Here's a tune they [Bb] made about Dr.
Walker at Cumberland Gap.
It goes like this.
[D] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] Not a first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in Cumberland Gap.
The first doorkeeper in [F] Cumberland Gap was Dr.
Walker, an English [D] chap. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [N] Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
Bang a boon on Pinnacle Rock.
He shot at the bears in an [D] old front lock. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [N] Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
Me and my wife and my old grandpap.
We all raised the devil in Cumberland [D] Gap. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
Cumberland Gap. _ _ _ _ _