F

headed

down

south

to the

C

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Dm

thumbin'

my

way

to

Bb

North

Car -

o - line

F

starin'

up the

road

C

pray to

God

I

see

Bb

head -

lights

Bb

I

F

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

C

teen

hours

Dm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

Bb

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

F

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

C

see

my

ba -

by

to -

Bb

night ___

Bb

so

F

runnin'

from the

cold ___

C

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Dm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

Bb

time

string

band

my

F

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

C

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

Bb

Bb

oh the

F

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

C

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Dm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

Bb

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

F

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

C

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

Bb

more____

Bb

so

F

walk-

in'

to

the

south

C

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Dm

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

Bb

nice

long

toke

but

F

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

C

Cumberland

Gap

to

Bb

John

-

son

Ci - ty

Bb

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

F

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

C

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Dm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

Bb

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

F

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

C

i

will

die

Bb

free

Bb

so