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headed

down

south

to the

FB

land

of the

pines

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GBm

thumbin'

my

way

to

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starin'

up the

road

FB

pray to

God

I

see

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head -

lights

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I

B

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

FB

teen

hours

GBm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

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dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

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hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

FB

see

my

ba -

by

to -

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night ___

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so

B

runnin'

from the

cold ___

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up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

GBm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

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time

string

band

my

B

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

FB

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

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oh the

B

North

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try

winters

keep

FB

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

GBm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

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had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

B

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

FB

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

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more____

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so

B

walk-

in'

to

the

south

FB

out

of

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a -

noak

I

caught

a

GBm

truck -

er

out

of

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ly

had

a

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nice

long

toke

but

B

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

FB

Cumberland

Gap

to

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John

-

son

Ci - ty

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Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

B

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

FB

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

GBm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

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know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

B

if

i

die

in

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leigh

least

FB

i

will

die

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free

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so