On all of the C Major chords he picks the root note, alternating from C to G on on the top two strings
[Chorus 1]
There's a place where the sun doth shine
G C
And the birds keep time with the pines up yonder
C
That's the home of my Caroline
G C
She's dancing in the sky
[Verse 1]
C
Oh how sweet when we meet
G C
On the golden streets of the great wide valley
C
These old chains around my feet
G C
They're pulling me back down
[Chorus 2]
Am
Caroline, oh Caroline
C
I'll be home just at any old time
Am
The grave and the garden won't be satisfied
G C
Until your name's next to mine
[Verse 2]
C
When my bones do break and my hands do shake
G C
As I lie in the wake of time's cruel slaughter
C
But if I die before I wake
G C
I'm gonna see my Caroline
[Chorus 2]
Am
Caroline, oh Caroline
C
I'll be home just at any old time
Am
The grave and the garden won't be satisfied
G C
Until your name's next to mine
[Violin Solo]
[Chorus 1]
C
There's a place where the sun doth shine
G C
And the birds keep time with the pines up yonder
C
That's the home of my Caroline
G C
She's dancing in the sky
[Chorus 1]
Am
Caroline, oh Caroline
C
I'll be home just at any old time
Am
The grave and the garden won't be satisfied
G C
Until your name's next to mine X2