James Taylor - Carolina in My Mind

      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…)