D FOUR_MAJOR

headed

down

south

to the

A ONE_MAJOR

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Bm

thumbin'

my

way

to

G

North

Car -

o - line

D FOUR_MAJOR

starin'

up the

road

A ONE_MAJOR

pray to

God

I

see

G

head -

lights

G

I

D FOUR_MAJOR

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

A ONE_MAJOR

teen

hours

Bm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

G

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

D FOUR_MAJOR

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

A ONE_MAJOR

see

my

ba -

by

to -

G

night ___

G

so

D FOUR_MAJOR

runnin'

from the

cold ___

A ONE_MAJOR

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Bm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

G

time

string

band

my

D FOUR_MAJOR

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

A ONE_MAJOR

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

G

G

oh the

D FOUR_MAJOR

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

A ONE_MAJOR

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Bm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

G

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

D FOUR_MAJOR

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

A ONE_MAJOR

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

G

more____

G

so

D FOUR_MAJOR

walk-

in'

to

the

south

A ONE_MAJOR

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Bm

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

G

nice

long

toke

but

D FOUR_MAJOR

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

A ONE_MAJOR

Cumberland

Gap

to

G

John

-

son

Ci - ty

G

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

D FOUR_MAJOR

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

A ONE_MAJOR

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Bm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

G

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

D FOUR_MAJOR

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

A ONE_MAJOR

i

will

die

G

free

G

so