G

headed

down

south

to the

D FOUR_MAJOR

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Em

thumbin'

my

way

to

C

North

Car -

o - line

G

starin'

up the

road

D FOUR_MAJOR

pray to

God

I

see

C

head -

lights

C

I

G

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

D FOUR_MAJOR

teen

hours

Em

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

C

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

G

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

D FOUR_MAJOR

see

my

ba -

by

to -

C

night ___

C

so

G

runnin'

from the

cold ___

D FOUR_MAJOR

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Em

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

C

time

string

band

my

G

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

D FOUR_MAJOR

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

C

C

oh the

G

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

D FOUR_MAJOR

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Em

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

C

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

G

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

D FOUR_MAJOR

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

C

more____

C

so

G

walk-

in'

to

the

south

D FOUR_MAJOR

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Em

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

C

nice

long

toke

but

G

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

D FOUR_MAJOR

Cumberland

Gap

to

C

John

-

son

Ci - ty

C

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

G

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

D FOUR_MAJOR

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Em

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

C

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

G

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

D FOUR_MAJOR

i

will

die

C

free

C

so