[Verse]
G C
Now tonight we made good time,
G Em
Straddling that yellow line.
G C D
Another town, the same old songs.
G C
My mind is racing down the street.
G Em
These shoes are suffocating me.
G C D G
The only place I want to be is gone.
[Verse]
G C
Take me where them rolling hills
G Em
Can gather up and cure my ills.
G C D
Let me smell that long-leaf pine.
G C
Here I come clear off a space,
G Em
Just don't forget my name or face
G C D G
Before I get back down to Caroline.
[Chorus]
G C G
Oh, oh, Carolina.
G C D
Over greener hills.
G C G
Beside bluer waters,
G C D G
Carolina, I love you still.
[Verse]
G C
America's so big and great,
G Em
Goes coast to coast, goes state to state.
G C D
I love you from the east to the west.
G C
New York island, California,
G Em
Woody Guthrie had it for you,
G C D G
But there's a corner of you I love best.
[Chorus]
G C G
Oh, oh, Carolina.
G C D
Over greener hills.
G C G
Beside bluer waters,
G C D G
Carolina, I love you still.
[Bridge]
C D
'Cause nothing could be finer
G Em
Than to know where you stand
C D
And feel that big love coming down.
[Verse]
G C
Hey, gray skies, don't rain on me.
G Em
I got someplace I got to be.
G C D
This emptiness is all in me, I think I should be going.
G C
Sixty-one or sixty-six,
G Em
Any road can give you kicks,
G C D G
But only one can carry you back home.
[Verse]
G C G
Oh, oh, Carolina.
G C D
Over greener hills.
G C G
Beside bluer waters,
G C D G A/D
Carolina, I love you still.
G C D G A/D
Carolina, I love you still.
G C D G
Carolina, I love you still.