Carolina In My Mind
Written & Performed by James Taylor (1968)
Capo 2
A x02220
A7 x02020
A/C# x42220
A#dim x1232x
A7sus2 x02200
Bm x24432
Bm7 x24232
C x32010
D xx0232
D/F# 2x0232
Dsus2 xx0230
E7 020100
Em 022000
Em7 020000
F#m7 242222
G 320003
G/A x00003
G/B x20003
Intro:
Dsus2 - D G D/F# Em7 G/A
Chorus:
D G D/F# Em A7 A7sus2 – A7
In my mind I'm gone to Caro-lina
G A7
Can't you see the sunshine
Em7 A7
Can't you just feel the moon shinin’
D A/C# Bm7 A
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
G D/F# E7
To hit me from behind
G/A D Bm7 Em7 G/A D Dsus2 - D
Yes, I'm gone to Caro-lina in my mind
Verse 1
D C
Karen, she's a silver sun
G
You'd best walk her away
A7 A#dim
And watch it shinin’
Bm G A7 A7sus2 – A7
Watch her watch the morning come
G D/F#
A silver tear appearing now
Bm7 E7 A7sus4 A7
I'm cry – in’ ain't I
D Bm7 Em7 G/A D Dsus2 - D
Gone to Caro-lina in my mind
Verse 2
D C
There ain't no doubt in no-one's mind
G A7 A#dim
That love's the finest thing around
Bm G A7 A7sus2 – A7
Whisper somethin’ soft and kind
G D/F#
And hey babe, the sky's on fire
Bm7 E7 A7sus4 A7
I'm dy – in’, ain't I
D Bm7 Em7 G/A D Dsus2 - D
Gone to Caro-lina in my mind
Repeat Chorus
Verse 3
D C
Dark and silent late last night
G A7 A#dim
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Bm G A7 A7sus2 – A7
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
G D/F#
The signs, it might be omens say
Bm7 E7 A7sus4 A7
I'm go - in', go - in'
D Bm7 Em7 G/A D Dsus2 - D
I'm gone to Caro-lina in my mind
Bridge
G A
With a holy host of others
Bm
Standing around me
F#m7 Em7 G A
Still, I'm on the dark side of the moon
C
And it seems like it goes
G D Dsus2 - D
On like this forever
C G/B Em7
You must forgive me
G/A D Bm7 Em7 G/A D Dsus2 - D
If I'm up and gone to Caro-lina in my mind
Chorus 2:
D G D/F# Em A
In my mind I'm gone to Caro-lina
G A7
Can't you see the sunshine
Em7 A7
Can't you just feel the moon shinin’
D A/C# Bm7 A
Ain't it just like a friend of mine
G D/F# E7
To hit me from behind
G/A D D/F# G D/F# Em A7 D
Yes, I'm gone to Caro - lin - a in my mind
Tag:
D A/C# Bm A G D/F# Em A7 D
Gone to Caro-lina in my mind
D A/C# Bm A G D/F# Em A7 D
And I’m gone to Caro-lina in my mind
D A/C# Bm A G D/F# Em A7 D
Gone to Caro-lina in my mind
D A/C# Bm A G D/F# Em A7
Gone, I’m gone
D A/C# Bm A G D/F# Em
I’m gone Say nice things about me
A D A/C# Bm A
‘Cause I’m gone, solid gone
G D/F# Em A7
Got to carry on without me
D A/C# Bm A
I’m gone (fading…)