Chords with lyrics
Key: Bb majorBb
🎸 Intro:
G+G (hammer ons)
🎸 Verse 1:
G+G C majorC G+G
I know a place in Carolina, where the mountains grow so green
G+G C majorC D MajorD
I hear there's gold in California, that no one's ever seen
G+G C majorC G+G
There's a big blue sky in Texas, daddy's born in San Antone
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Well my mama's from New Orleans, do where do I belong?
C majorC G+G
Where do I call my home?
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Hello freedom, goodbye chains, the open road's my middle name
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Can't tie me down cause this is who I am
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Do it all before I die, lord knows I was born to fly
C majorC G+G A minorAm
But someday we all fall where we stand
A minorAm G+G
I'm just hoping for a soft place to land
🎸 Verse 2:
G+G C majorC G+G
Well I could have went to college, and took my place in line
G+G C majorC D MajorD
But I found the book of knowledge, in 3 chords and a lie
G+G C majorC G+G
Now I sing for my supper, in a new town every night
G+G C majorC D MajorD
Ain't no way to find a lover, when I always say goodbye
C majorC G+G
Cause I always say goodbye
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Hello freedom, goodbye chains, the open road's my middle name
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Can't tie me down cause this is who I am
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Do it all before I die, lord knows I was born to fly
C majorC G+G A minorAm
But someday we all fall where we stand
A minorAm G+G
I'm just hoping for a soft place to land
🎸 Bridge:
G+G C majorC G+G
When the nights get long and lonely
I wonder how you are
G+G C majorC D MajorD
And though this life I choose owns me, you're still my northern star
C majorC G+G
You're still my northern star
🎸 Chorus:
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Hello freedom, goodbye chains, the open road's my middle name
C majorC G+G A minorAm
Can't tie me down cause this is who I am
C majorC G+G A minorAm G+G
Do it all before I die, lord knows I was born to fly
C majorC G+G A minorAm
But someday we all fall where we stand
A minorAm G+G
I'm just hoping for, hoping for, a soft place to land