Ab

headed

down

south

to the

Eb

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Fm

thumbin'

my

way

to

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North

Car -

o - line

Ab

starin'

up the

road

Eb

pray to

God

I

see

Db

head -

lights

Db

I

Ab

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

Eb

teen

hours

Fm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

Db

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

Ab

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

Eb

see

my

ba -

by

to -

Db

night ___

Db

so

Ab

runnin'

from the

cold ___

Eb

up

in

New

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land

I

was

Fm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

Db

time

string

band

my

Ab

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

Eb

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

Db

Db

oh the

Ab

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

Eb

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Fm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

Db

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

Ab

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

Eb

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

Db

more____

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so

Ab

walk-

in'

to

the

south

Eb

out

of

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a -

noak

I

caught

a

Fm

truck -

er

out

of

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ly

had

a

Db

nice

long

toke

but

Ab

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

Eb

Cumberland

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to

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John

-

son

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Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

Ab

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

Eb

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Fm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

Db

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

Ab

if

i

die

in

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leigh

least

Eb

i

will

die

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free

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so