Carolina In My Mind Chords
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Difficulty: | advanced |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
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Carolina In My Mind
The original studio recorded version key is E
but remastered/re-recorded versions and live versions are in F (Capo 3rd)
The hook based on a D with Dsus2:
e|---2-----0---0h2--|
B|---3-----3---3----|
G|-------2----------|
D|-0---0-------0----|
A|------------------|
E|------------------|
The chord run: (3rd line of chorus)
e|---2---2-------------------------|
B|---3---3---3---3---3---3---3-----|
G|---2---2---4---2---0---0---0-----|
D|-0-------------------------------|
A|-----4---2---0-------------------|
E|-----------------3---2---0-------|
[Chorus]
D G G/F# Em A7
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G A7 Em7 A7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moon shining?
D D/C# Bm D/A G D/F# Em7
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
Yes, I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
[Verse 1]
D Cadd9
Karen, she's a silver sun you'd best
G G/F# Em A7 A#dim
walk her way and watch it shining
Bm G A7sus4 A7
Watch her watch the morning come
G D/F# Esus4 E A7
A silver tear appearing now, I'm cry - ing ain't I?
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
[Verse 2]
D Cadd9
There ain't no doubt in no one's mind that
G G/F# Em A7 A#dim
love's the finest thing around
Bm G A7sus4 A7
Whisper something soft and kind
G D/F# Esus4 E A7
And hey babe, the sky's on fire, I'm dy - ing ain't I?
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
[Chorus]
D G G/F# Em A7
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G A7 Em7 A7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moon shining?
D D/C# Bm D/A G D/F# Em7
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
Yes, I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
[Verse 3]
D Cadd9
Dark and silent, late last night I think I
G G/F# Em A7 A#dim
might have heard the highway calling
Bm G A7sus4 A7
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
G D/F# Esus4 E
And signs that might be omens say I'm go - ing,
A7sus4 A7
I'm go - ing,
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
[Bridge]
G A7 Bm
With a holy host of others standing 'round me
F#m7 Em7 G A7
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
Cadd9 G/B D
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
Cadd9 G/B Em7
You must forgive me
A7 D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
[Chorus]
D G G/F# Em A7
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G A7 Em7 A7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moon shining?
D D/C# Bm D/A G D/F# Em7
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind
D Bm Em7 A7 D *Hook*
Yes, I'm gone to Carolina in my mind
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34 comments

In the third verse the lyrics should read "Dark and silent, late last night I think I might have heard the highway calling"
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as long as it doesn't call collect
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I’ve been performing more than 50 years. When I like a song, I learn it then “make it mine” and never look back at the original. I’m not James Taylor; I like his stuff.
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