Chords for Freeborn Man (Tony Rice version) Played by Bill Shaffer

[Am] _ [A] _ all righty
oh we gotta do a little play and rest
lets do a little play and rest _
[Cm] [Bm] I was [Eb] born in the south [C] land
[Cm] when [Em] _
_ _ [Ebm] _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _ [A]
I [B] survived years [E] ago
_ [Dm] _ [B] [E] I _
[Em] _ _ [Bm] _ [A] _ ran away for the first time
_ _ _ _ I was a poor [D] old man
my [A] home was on my _ back
and [E] I know that it ain't halfway
_ I gave it a good back run and I ran [Em] away _
_ [A] _ _ _ [Eb] _ [Dm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ [A] _ _ _
it
kinda seemed to me
you held it for a certain time
I was glad I sat eighty tests home
[D] my home [A] was on my back
[E] and I know it ain't halfway
I never liked [Am] it
I gave it a [Em] good _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ [B] _ [G] _ [A] _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ back run and I ran _ _ away
I'm just sayin'
_ _ I'm supposed to be a hunk of type
But I always get it [D] back
Cause I'm a good old man
My [A] home's on my bed
[E] And I know it
_ I'm a good old man
With every foot of action
With every mile of railroad
_ [B] _ [G] _ [A] _ [Am] _ _ _
_ [F] _ [D] _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
[B] _ [E] _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ _ _
[C] _ _ [A] _ _ Ain't been a like my feelings
Ain't been a like my songs
Ain't been a like my songs
Prayin' I liked the way I was
But they left me when I'm [D] gone
Cause I'm a good old man
My [A] home's on my bed
[E] And I know everything is highway
_ Every foot of action, every mile of the [A] road
[D] I'm a good old man
My [A] home's on my bed
[E] I'm a good old man
I know everything is highway
_ Every foot of action,