Oh My Sweet Carolina Chords
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Difficulty: | beginner |
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Tuning: | E A D G B E |
Capo: | 2nd fret |
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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

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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In the key of D!
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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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