Oh My Sweet Carolina Chords

by Ryan Adams
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 2nd fret
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Chords

C
F
G
Am
C/G

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Capo at 2nd Fret
 
[Intro] x2
e|--------------------------------|
B|-------1---------1--------------|
G|-------0-0h2-----0--------------|
D|-0-0h2-------0h2-2-2p0----------|
A|-3---------------3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
[Verse 1]
    C                         F              C
I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone
    C                            G
I passed up the station for the bus
    F                  C               Am    G           F
Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
          C          G               C
Man I ended up with pockets full of dust
 
[Verse 2]
   C                           F           C
So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane
   C                                  G
Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
   F            C             Am      G         F
I was spendin' money like the way it likes to rain
       C            G               C
Man I ended up with pockets full of cane
 
[Chorus]
      Am  F      C       Am       F         G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
      Am  F         C                       G        F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
 
[Intro] x2
e|--------------------------------|
B|-------1---------1--------------|
G|-------0-0h2-----0--------------|
D|-0-0h2-------0h2-2-2p0----------|
A|-3---------------3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
[Verse 3]
   C                              F              C
I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
    C                                      G
Building newsprint boats I raced to sewer mains
      F             C              Am     G          F
Trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
       C                G                  C
Funny how they say that some things never change
 
[Chorus]
      Am  F      C      Am       F          G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
      Am  F         C                      G         F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
 
[Break]
Am  F  C  C/G
Am  F  G
Am  F  C
C G F C F
 
[Intro]
e|--------------------------------|
B|-------1---------1--------------|
G|-------0-0h2-----0--------------|
D|-0-0h2-------0h2-2-2p0----------|
A|-3---------------3--------------|
E|--------------------------------|
 
[Verse 4]
   C                                F                C
Up here in the city, it feels like things are closin' in
    C                                   G
The sunset's just my light bulb burning out
 F         C          Am       G    F
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family
          C                 G               C
All the sweetest winds they blow across the south
 
[Chorus]
      Am  F      C      Am       F          G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
      Am  F         C               C      G         F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
 
[Outro]
         Am     G        C    F
May you one day carry me ho____me.
         Am     G        C    F
         Am     G        C
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18 comments
Edward Wong Hau
there sounds like there could be a G in between the Am and F in the 3rd line of the verse, but its sounds fine without it too
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maxfujii
In the key of D!
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drdaily
He plays it on capo3 quite a bit live. I play it that way along with an Eb harmonica and it sounds great.
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