Chords with lyrics
Intro:
G+G
Verse:
G+G
I was born down in the Southland twenty-some odd years ago
G+G
I ran away for the first time, when I was just about four years old
C majorC G+G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D MajorD DbDb C majorC G+G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of back road, every mile of railroad track
Verse 2:
G+G
I got a gal Cincinnati, a woman in San Antone
G+G G7G7
I always love that gal next door, but any ol' place is home
C majorC G+G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D MajorD DbDb C majorC G+G
Lord I know every inch of highway, every foot of back road, every mile of railroad track
Instrumental:
G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm
C minorCm C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm
DmDm C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm
G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm
C minorCm C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm
DmDm C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm
G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm G minorGm
C minorCm C minorCm G minorGm G minorGm
DmDm C minorCm G+G A augmentedA
Verse:
G+G
I got me a worn out guitar, I carry in an tote sack
G+G
I hocked it about two hundred times but I always get it back
C majorC G+G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D MajorD DbDb C majorC G+G
Now I know every inch of highway, and every foot of back road, every mile of railroad track
G+G
You may not like my appearance, you may not like my song
G+G
You may not like the way I am, but you sure like the way I'm gone
C majorC G+G
I'm a freeborn man, home is on my back
D MajorD DbDb C majorC G+G
I know every inch of highway, and every foot of back road, every mile of railroad track
G+G
I was born in the Southland twenty-some odd years ago
G+G
I ran away for the first time, when I was only four years old
C majorC G+G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D MajorD DbDb C majorC G+G
I know every inch of highway, foot of back road, mile of railroad track