Eb

headed

down

south

to the

Bb

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Cm

thumbin'

my

way

to

Ab

North

Car -

o - line

Eb

starin'

up the

road

Bb

pray to

God

I

see

Ab

head -

lights

Ab

I

Eb

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

Bb

teen

hours

Cm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

Ab

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

Eb

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

Bb

see

my

ba -

by

to -

Ab

night ___

Ab

so

Eb

runnin'

from the

cold ___

Bb

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Cm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

Ab

time

string

band

my

Eb

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

Bb

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

Ab

Ab

oh the

Eb

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

Bb

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Cm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

Ab

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

Eb

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

Bb

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

Ab

more____

Ab

so

Eb

walk-

in'

to

the

south

Bb

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Cm

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

Ab

nice

long

toke

but

Eb

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

Bb

Cumberland

Gap

to

Ab

John

-

son

Ci - ty

Ab

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

Eb

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

Bb

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Cm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

Ab

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

Eb

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

Bb

i

will

die

Ab

free

Ab

so