James Taylor —
Carolina in my Mind

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± BPM (tempo): ♩ = 75 beats per minute

Lyrics and Music by James Taylor

Intro: D | G G | Em7 | A7

Chorus:
     D              G            Em7  A
     In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
     G                 A
     Can’t you see the sunshine?
     Em7                     A7     A
     Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
     D             A      Bm        A
     Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
        G      D       E7
     To hit me from behind?
     A7       D
     Yes, I’m gone
        Bm7  Em7  A7     D
     To Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

D              C
Karen, she’s a silver sun,
           G
You’d best walk her away
    A        F#7      Bm
And watch it shining.
          G                    A
Watch her watch the morning come.
  G             D
A silver tear appearing now
    Bm7  E7  Em7     A7
I’m crying, ain’t I?
    D       Bm7  Em7  A7     D
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

      D                 C
There ain’t no doubt in noone’s mind
     G                 A      F#7    Bm
That love’s the finest thing around.
        G                   A
Whisper something soft and kind.
    G                D
And hey, babe, the sky’s on fire,
    Bm7  E7  Em7    A7
I’m dying, ain’t I?
    D       Bm7  Em7  A7     D
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

Chorus:
     D              G       Em7  A
     In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
     G                 A
     Can’t you see the sunshine?
     Em7                     A
     Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
     D             A      Bm        A
     Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
        G      D      E7
     To hit me from behind?
     A7       D
     Yes, I’m gone
        Bm7  Em7  A7     D
     To Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

D               C
Dark and silent late last night,
          G
I think I might have heard
    A       F#7      Bm
The highway calling.
               G                    A
Geese in flight and dogs that bite.
    G                   D
The signs that might be omens say
    Bm7  E7    Em7  A7
I’m going, I’m going,
    D       Bm7  Em7  A7     D
I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

          G            A
   With a Holy host of others
              Bm
   Standing around me,
   F#m              Em
   Still I’m on the dark side
          G     A
   Of the moon.
          C
   And it seems like
           G               D
   It goes on like this forever.
               C        Em7
   You must forgive me…
   A7            D
   If I’m up and gone
      Bm7  Em7  A     D
   To Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D | D

Chorus:
     D              G       Em7  A
     In my mind I’m gone to Carolina.
     G                 A
     Can’t you see the sunshine?
     Em7                     A
     Can’t you just feel the moonshining?
     D             A      Bm        A
     Ain’t it just like a friend of mine
        G      D      E7
     To hit me from behind?
     A7       D
     Yes, I’m gone
             G D    Em7  A7     D
     To Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D A | Bm7 A

     G       D    Em7  A7     D
     Gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D A | Bm7 A

              G       D    Em7  A7     D
     Then I’m gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D A | Bm7 A

     G       D    Em7  A7     D
     Gone to Carolina in my mind.

Instrumental: D A | Bm7 A

     G     D    Em7  A7     D
     Gone, I’m gone, I’m gone.

Instrumental: D A | Bm7 A

     G        D       Em7
     Say nice things about me,
         A7      D A    Bm7      A
     ’Cause I’m gone southbound.
     G     D      Em
     Carry on without me,
     A7     D
     I’m gone…