Gb

headed

down

south

to the

Db

land

of the

pines

and I'm

Ebm

thumbin'

my

way

to

Cb

North

Car -

o - line

Gb

starin'

up the

road

Db

pray to

God

I

see

Cb

head -

lights

Cb

I

Gb

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

Db

teen

hours

Ebm

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

Cb

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

Gb

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

Db

see

my

ba -

by

to -

Cb

night ___

Cb

so

Gb

runnin'

from the

cold ___

Db

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

Ebm

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

Cb

time

string

band

my

Gb

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

Db

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

Cb

Cb

oh the

Gb

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

Db

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

Ebm

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

Cb

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

Gb

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

Db

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

Cb

more____

Cb

so

Gb

walk-

in'

to

the

south

Db

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

Ebm

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

Cb

nice

long

toke

but

Gb

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

Db

Cumberland

Gap

to

Cb

John

-

son

Ci - ty

Cb

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

Gb

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

Db

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

Ebm

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

Cb

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

Gb

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

Db

i

will

die

Cb

free

Cb

so