Drop D Tuning Chords Used: GDC e|----7------------------5-----------------3---------------------------------| B|----8------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------| G|----7------------------7-----------------5---------------------------------| D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------| A|----X------------------X-----------------X---------------------------------| D|----0------------------0-----------------0---------------------------------| VERSE 1 G D D He came from Northern California G D D He loved to ride them trains G D D He had a hand made beat up leather bag where he kept all his childhood pains G D D Left his mama and his daddy, When he was barely 16 G D D You know he never really followed money, Never really had a dream CHORUS C Loved the thought of drifting C to live by no mans plan C solitude is freedom, yeah C G D The road made him a man VERSE 2 G D D From coast to coast across every state, on Pacific Illinois G D D He saw every town he every town dreamt about since he was a little boy G D D He ended up down in New Orleans working on a folsom farm G D D He took LSD and danced all night, you know he met a woman that made him calm CHORUS C Loved the thought of drifting C to live by no mans plan C solitude is freedom, yeah C D The road made him a man VERSE 3 G D D Somewhere deep inside of him changed when he saw her face G D G D yeah he felt like she knew him well from another time and place G D D you know they woke up with the sun one day and their travelin' days were done G D D settled down in a shotgun house, down on bayou St. John CHORUS C Loved the thought of drifting C To live by no mans land C Solitude is freedom, yeah C The road made him a man **Instrumental Break** OUTRO G D Ride that river on to Mississippi soul (X3) G D And if you wind that river long enough you get Louisiana gold G D you get Louisiana gold (x3)