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