'Carolina in my Mind' by James Taylor - Guitar Tutorial
Gtp chords: Carolina in my Mind
Song lyrics:
Intro: E | A A/G# | F#m7 | H7sus4
Chorus:
E A A/G# F#m7 H
In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
A H
Can’t you see the sunshine?
F#m7 H7sus4 H
Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
E H/D# C#m Hsus4
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
A E/G# F#7
To hit me from behind?
H7 E C#m7 F#m7 H7sus4 E
Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
E D
Karen, she’s a silver sun,
A H G#7/C C#m
You’d best walk her away and watch it shining.
A H Hsus4 H
Watch her watch the morning come.
A E/G#
A silver tear appearing now
C#m7 F#7 F#m7 H7
I’m crying, ain’t I?
E C#m7 F#m7 H7sus4 E
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
E Dadd9
There ain’t no doubt in noone’s mind
A H G#7/C C#m
That love’s the finest thing around.
A H Hadd9
Whisper something soft and kind.
A E/G#
And hey, babe, the sky’s on fire,
C#m7 F#7 F#m7 H7
I’m dying, ain’t I?
E C#m7 F#m7 H7sus4 E
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
Chorus:
E A F#m7 Hadd9
In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
A Hadd9
Can’t you see the sunshine?
F#m7 H
Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
E H/D# C#m Hsus4
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
A E/G# F#7
To hit me from behind?
H7 E C#m7 F#m7 H7sus4 E
Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
E D
Dark and silent late last night,
A H G#7/C C#m
I think I might have heard the highway calling.
A H Hadd9
Geese in flight and dogs that bite.
A E/G#
The signs that might be omens say
C#m7 F#7 F#m7 H7sus4
I’m going, I’m going,
E C#m7 F#m7 H7sus4 E
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
A H C#m
With a Holy host of others standing around me,
G#m F#m A H
Still I’m on the dark side of the moon.
D A E
And it seems like it goes on like this forever.
D F#m7/C# F#m7
You must forgive me…
H7sus4 E C#m7 F#m7 Hsus4 E
If I’m up and gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E | E
Chorus:
E A F#m7 H
In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
A H
Can’t you see the sunshine?
F#m7 H
Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
E H/D# C#m H
Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
A E/G# F#7
To hit me from behind?
H7sus4 E E/G# A E/G# F#m7 H7sus4 E
Yes, I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E H/D# | C#m7 H
A E/G# F#m7 H7sus4 E
Gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E H/D# | C#m7 H
A E/G# F#m7 H7sus4 E
Then I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E H/D# | C#m7 H
A E/G# F#m7 H7sus4 E
Gone to Carolina in my mind.
Instrumental: E H/D# | C#m7 H
A E/G# F#m7 H7sus4 E
Gone, I’m gone, I’m gone.
Instrumental: E H/D# | C#m7 H
A E/G# F#m7
Say nice things about me,
H7sus4 E H/D# C#m7 H
’Cause I’m gone southbound.
A E/G# F#m
Carry on without me,
H7sus4 E
I’m gone…