C

headed

down

south

to the

G

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Am

thumbin'

my

way

to

F

North

Car -

o - line

C

starin'

up the

road

G

pray to

God

I

see

F

head -

lights

F

I

C

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

G

teen

hours

Am

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

F

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

C

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

G

see

my

ba -

by

to -

F

night ___

F

so

C

runnin'

from the

cold ___

G

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Am

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

F

time

string

band

my

C

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

G

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

F

F

oh the

C

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

G

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Am

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

F

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

C

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

G

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

F

more____

F

so

C

walk-

in'

to

the

south

G

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Am

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

F

nice

long

toke

but

C

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

G

Cumberland

Gap

to

F

John

-

son

Ci - ty

F

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

C

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

G

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Am

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

F

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

C

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

G

i

will

die

F

free

F

so