Tom: G
G
I ran away for the first time, when I was just about four years old
[Chorus]
C G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D C G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of backroad, every mile of railroad track
[Verse 2]
G
I got a gal Cincinnati, a woman in San Antone
G G7
I always love that gal next door, but any ol' place is home
[Chorus]
C G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D C G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of backroad, every mile of railroad track
[Verse 3]
G
I got me a worn-out guitar, I carry in an old tote sack
G
I hocked it about two hundred times but I always get it back
[Chorus]
C G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D C G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of backroad, every mile of railroad track
[Verse 4]
G
You may not like my appearance, you may not like my song
G
You may not like the way I am, but you'll sure like the way I'm gone
[Chorus]
C G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D C G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of backroad, every mile of railroad track
[Verse 1]
G
I was born in the Southland twenty-some odd years ago
G
I ran away for the first time, when I was only four years old
[Chorus]
C G
I'm a freeborn man, my home is on my back
D C G
I know every inch of highway, every foot of backroad, every mile of railroad track
