Carolina Drama chords by Jack White

Chords with lyrics

A minorAm       (hammer on and off the D MajorD and G+G string)
I'm not sure if there's a point to this story
    C majorC    BB    A minorAm
But I'm going to tell it again
A minorAm
So many other people try to tell the tale
C majorC    BB    A minorAm
Not one of them knows the end….
A minorAm
It was a junk-house in South Carolina
C majorC     BB       A minorAm
Held a boy the age of ten
A minorAm
Along with his older brother Billy
C majorC    BB      A minorAm
And their mother and her boyfriend
     D MajorD
Who was a triple loser with some blue tattoos
      D MajorD
That were given to him when he was young
   A minorAm
And a drunk temper that was easy to lose
     C majorC      BB   E minorEm A minorAm
And thank god he didn't own a gun
A minorAm
Well, Billy woke up in the back of his truck
    C majorC     BB    A minorAm
Took a minute to open his eyes
He took a peep into the back of the house
And found himself a big surprise
D MajorD
He didn't see his brother but there was his mother
With her red-headed head in her hands
     A minorAm
While the boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old
C majorC        BB     E minorEm  A minorAm
Priest trying to choke the man
(C majorC BB E minorEm G+G)
( FF)softly
(A minorAm   G+G  FF) (softly gently 2x)

A minorAm
Billy looked up from the window to the truck
   C majorC       BB      A minorAm
Threw up, and had to struggle to stand
A minorAm
He saw that red-necked bastard with a hammer
     C majorC       BB     A minorAm
Turn the priest into a shell of a man
D MajorD
The priest was putting up the fight of his life
D MajorD
But he was old and he was bound to lose
  A minorAm
The boyfriend hit as hard as he could
        C majorC      BB      E minorEm  A minorAm
And knocked the priest right down to his shoes
A minorAm
Well, now Billy knew but never actually met
  C majorC       BB      A minorAm
The preacher lying there in the room
A minorAm
He heard himself say, "That must be my daddy"
    C majorC        G+G   A minorAm
Then he knew what he was gonna do
D MajorD
Billy got up enough courage, took it up
D MajorD
And grabbed the first blunt thing he could find
     A minorAm
It was a cold, glass bottle of milk
      C majorC       G+G     E minorEm  A minorAm
That got delivered every morning at nine
(C majorC BB E minorEm G+G)
( FF)
(A minorAm   G+G  FF)
(A minorAm   G+G  FF)
(E minorEm)
A minorAm
Billy broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and
A minorAm
He turned around and put the lock on the door
DmDm
He looked dead into the boyfriend's eye
  E MajorE
His mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then
A minorAm
He took a step toward the man on the ground
A minorAm
From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound
DmDm
He heard the boyfriend shout, "Get out!"
     E MajorE
And Billy said, "Not till I know what this is all about"
A minorAm
"Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama"
A minorAm
But Billy knew just who was starting the drama
DmDm
So Billy took dead aim at his face
        E MajorE
And smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and
A minorAm
The white milk dripped down with the blood, and the
A minorAm
Boyfriend fell down dead for good
   DmDm
Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air
     E MajorE
And Billy shouted, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?"
A minorAm
His mama reached behind the sugar and honey, and
A minorAm
Pulled out an envelope filled with money
   DmDm
"Your daddy gave us this," she collapsed in tears
 E MajorE
"He's been paying all the bills for years"
A minorAm
"Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees
A minorAm
and put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee"
DmDm
Just then, his little brother came in
      E MajorE
Holding the milk man's hat and a bottle of gin singing,
A minorAm
Well now you heard another side to the story
    C majorC     BB   A minorAm
But you wanna know how it ends?
A minorAm
If you must know, the truth about the tale
C majorC   BB    A minorAm