Bb

headed

down

south

to the

F

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Gm

thumbin'

my

way

to

Eb

North

Car -

o - line

Bb

starin'

up the

road

F

pray to

God

I

see

Eb

head -

lights

Eb

I

Bb

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

F

teen

hours

Gm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

Eb

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

Bb

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

F

see

my

ba -

by

to -

Eb

night ___

Eb

so

Bb

runnin'

from the

cold ___

F

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Gm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

Eb

time

string

band

my

Bb

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

F

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

Eb

Eb

oh the

Bb

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

F

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Gm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

Eb

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

Bb

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

F

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

Eb

more____

Eb

so

Bb

walk-

in'

to

the

south

F

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Gm

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

Eb

nice

long

toke

but

Bb

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

F

Cumberland

Gap

to

Eb

John

-

son

Ci - ty

Eb

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

Bb

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

F

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Gm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

Eb

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

Bb

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

F

i

will

die

Eb

free

Eb

so