Carolina chords by Jason Harrod

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 5th

Capo 5th fret

Walk to C majorC like:    G+G has a little flavor like:
e|---------|       e|---3------------|
BB|---------|       BB|---0-------0----|
G+G|---------|       G+G|---0-------0----|
D MajorD|---------|       D MajorD|---0-0h2-2-2----|
A augmentedA|---0-2-3-|       A augmentedA|---2------------|
E MajorE|-3-------|       E MajorE|-3-3---------3--|

Verse 1:
C majorC       FF
Now tonight we made good time,
C majorC            A minorAm
Straddling that yellow line.
C majorC         FF    G+G
Another town, the same old songs.
C majorC         FF
My mind is racing down the street.
C majorC          A minorAm
These shoes are suffocating me.
C majorC        FF    G+G   C majorC
The only place I want to be is gone.

Verse 2:
C majorC         FF
Take me where them rolling hills
C majorC         A minorAm
Can gather up and cure my ills.
C majorC         FF     G+G
Let me smell that long-leaf pine.
C majorC         FF
Here I come clear off a space,
C majorC          A minorAm
Just don't forget my name or face
C majorC         FF    G+G  C majorC
Before I get back down to Caroline.


Chorus 1:
C majorC  FF    C majorC
Oh, oh, Carolina.
C majorC FF     G+G
Over greener hills.
C majorC FF     C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
Beside bluer waters,
C majorC     FF G+G    C majorC
Carolina, I love you still.

Verse 3:
C majorC      FF
America's so big and great,
C majorC             A minorAm
Goes coast to coast, goes state to state.
C majorC          FF      G+G
I love you from the east to the west.
C majorC        FF
New York island, California,
C majorC       A minorAm
Woody Guthrie had it for you,
C majorC          FF    G+G  C majorC
But there's a corner of you I love best.


Chorus 2:
C majorC  FF    C majorC
Oh, oh, Carolina.
C majorC FF     G+G
Over greener hills.
C majorC FF     C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
Beside bluer waters,
C majorC     FF G+G    C majorC  C7C7
Carolina, I love you still.


Bridge:
FF            G+G
'Cause nothing could be finer
    A minorAm       C majorC
Than to know where you stand
A minorAm              G+G
And feel that big love coming down.


Instrumental:
C majorC FF C majorC A minorAm
C majorC FF G+G C majorC


Verse 4:
C majorC           FF
Hey, gray skies, don't rain on me.
C majorC         A minorAm
I got someplace I got to be.
   C majorC      FF      G+G
This emptiness is all in me, I think I should be going.
C majorC      FF
Sixty-one or sixty-six,
C majorC      A minorAm
Any road can give you kicks,
C majorC        FF   G+G    C majorC
But only one can carry you back home.


Chorus 3:
C majorC  FF    C majorC
Oh, oh, Carolina.
C majorC FF     G+G
Over greener hills.
C majorC FF     C majorC  C/BC/B A minorAm
Beside bluer waters,
C majorC     FF G+G    C majorC  *
Carolina, I love you still.
FF     G+G     C majorC  *
Carolina, I love you still.
FF     G+G     C majorC
Carolina, I love you still.


* Hammer on 5th and 3rd on e string with pinky

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