Caroyln chords by Merle Haggard

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner

Carolyn
Merle Haggard
1971 album Someday We`ll Look Back


Intro C Dm Em Dm C

Verse 1

C    Dm              Em
Carolyn let me tell you what I heard about a man today
  F                 C
He didn`t come home from work and he went away
Dm          C   F       G7      C
  `Til he came to a city, bright in the nightime like day

Verse 2

C                  Dm             Em
There they say he met up with some women dressed in yellow and scarlet
   F              C
Their warm lips like a honeycomb, dripped with honey
  Dm              C
And somethin` about the smell of strange perfume
Dm         G7     C
Made him feel warm,  and not alone

Chorus 1

C               F
Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own
  C     G7    C
And sometimes when he`s lonely
               F
I believe a man might do that sometimes out of spite
  C              G7
But Carolyn, a man will do that always
F            C  Dm Em Dm C
When he`s treated bad at home

Outro

C               F
Yes Carolyn a man will do that sometimes on his own
  C     G7    C
And sometimes when he`s lonely
                 F
And I believe a man might do that sometimes out of spite
  C              G7
But Carolyn, a man will do that always
F            C   Dm Em Dm C
When he`s treated bad at home