A ONE_MAJOR

headed

down

south

to the

E FIVE_MAJOR

land

of the

pines

and I'm

FBm SIX_MINOR

thumbin'

my

way

to

D FOUR_MAJOR

North

Car -

o - line

A ONE_MAJOR

starin'

up the

road

E FIVE_MAJOR

pray to

God

I

see

D FOUR_MAJOR

head -

lights

D FOUR_MAJOR

I

A ONE_MAJOR

made it

down the

coast

in seven -

E FIVE_MAJOR

teen

hours

FBm SIX_MINOR

pickin'

me a

bou - quet

of

D FOUR_MAJOR

dog -

wood

flowers

and I'm

A ONE_MAJOR

hopin'

for Ral -

eigh

I can

E FIVE_MAJOR

see

my

ba -

by

to -

D FOUR_MAJOR

night ___

D FOUR_MAJOR

so

A ONE_MAJOR

runnin'

from the

cold ___

E FIVE_MAJOR

up

in

New

Eng -

land

I

was

FBm SIX_MINOR

born

to

be

a

fidd -

ler

in an

old

D FOUR_MAJOR

time

string

band

my

A ONE_MAJOR

ba -

by

plays

the

gui -

tar

E FIVE_MAJOR

I

pick

a

ban

-

jo

now

D FOUR_MAJOR

D FOUR_MAJOR

oh the

A ONE_MAJOR

North

Coun -

try

winters

keep

E FIVE_MAJOR

get -

tin

me

now

lost

my

mon

FBm SIX_MINOR

-

ey

play -

in'

po -

ker

so

I

D FOUR_MAJOR

had

to

up

and

leave

but

I

A ONE_MAJOR

ain't

'a

turn -

in

back

to

E FIVE_MAJOR

liv -

in'

that

old

life

no

D FOUR_MAJOR

more____

D FOUR_MAJOR

so

A ONE_MAJOR

walk-

in'

to

the

south

E FIVE_MAJOR

out

of

Ro -

a -

noak

I

caught

a

FBm SIX_MINOR

truck -

er

out

of

Phil -

ly

had

a

D FOUR_MAJOR

nice

long

toke

but

A ONE_MAJOR

he's

a

head -

ed

west

from

the

E FIVE_MAJOR

Cumberland

Gap

to

D FOUR_MAJOR

John

-

son

Ci - ty

D FOUR_MAJOR

Ten -

nes

-

see

and

i

got-

A ONE_MAJOR

-

ta

get

a

move

on

fit

E FIVE_MAJOR

for

the

sun

i

hear

my

FBm SIX_MINOR

ba -

by

cal -

lin'

my

name

and

i

D FOUR_MAJOR

know

that

she's

the

on -

ly

one

A ONE_MAJOR

if

i

die

in

Ra -

leigh

least

E FIVE_MAJOR

i

will

die

D FOUR_MAJOR

free

D FOUR_MAJOR

so