[Versetto]
        SIm                 LA     
Oh, Carolina creeks running through
    MIm 
 my veins 
Oh, Carolina creeks running through my veins 
           MIm              LA 
Lost I was born, lonesome I came 
              SIm 
Lonesome I'll always stay 
    SIm                 LA       MIm 
Carolina knows why, for years, I roam
 
Carolina knows why, for years, I roam 
              MIm            
Free as these birds, light as
     LA 
 whispers 
Free as these birds, light as whispers 
    SIm 
Carolina knows
[Pre-Ritornello]
    SIm 
And you didn't see me here 
         SIm 
No, they never did see me here 
          RE LA MIm 
And she's in my dreams
[Ritornello]
         MIm            RE 
Into the mist, into the clouds 
LA    MIm 
Don't leave 
         MIm                RE 
I make a fist, I'll make it count 
              LA            MIm 
And there are places I will never,
 ever go 
And there are places I will never, ever go 
SIm               LA       MIm      
  And things that only Carolina will
      SIm 
 ever know
  And things that only Carolina will ever know
[Strumentale]
SIm LA MIm
MIm LA SIm
[Versetto]
    SIm                LA        MIm 
Carolina stains on the dress she left
 
Carolina stains on the dress she left 
          MIm            LA 
Indelible scars, pivotal marks 
            SIm 
Blue as the life she fled 
    SIm                   LA    MIm 
Carolina pines, won't you cover me? 
             MIm                 LA 
Hide me like robes down the back road
 
Hide me like robes down the back road 
            SIm 
Muddy these webs we weave
[Pre-Ritornello]
    SIm 
And you didn't see me here 
         SIm 
Oh, they never did see me here 
          RE LA MIm 
And she's in my dreams
[Ritornello]
         MIm            RE 
Into the mist, into the clouds 
LA    MIm 
Don't leave 
         MIm                RE 
I make a fist, I'll make it count 
              LA            MIm 
And there are places I will never,
 ever go 
And there are places I will never, ever go 
SIm               LA       MIm      
  And things that only Carolina will
      RE   LA MIm 
 ever know
  And things that only Carolina will ever know
[Strumentale]
RE LA MIm
RE LA MIm
RE LA MIm
MIm
[Interludio]
    SIm 
And you didn't see me here 
     LA 
They never did see me here 
    MIm 
No, you didn't see me here 
     LA 
They never saw me
[Versetto]
        SIm                LA   
Oh, Carolina knows why for years
         MIm 
 they've said 
Oh, Carolina knows why for years they've said 
           MIm       LA              
That I was guilty as sin and sleep in
   SIm 
 a liar's bed 
That I was guilty as sin and sleep in a liar's bed 
        SIm                      
But the sleep comes fast and I'll
 LA      MIm 
 meet no ghosts 
But the sleep comes fast and I'll meet no ghosts 
             MIm                  
It's between me, the sand, and the
 LA 
 sea 
It's between me, the sand, and the sea 
    SIm 
Carolina knows