Carolina in My Mind

James Taylor

Key of D · Chords: I II IV V VII ii iii vi

Verse 4

Carolina in My Mind – James Taylor

Chords

Em7:      020030 (or 022030. In the intro play: 0X0033)
Gsus2/A:  X00033 (also Dsus4/A)
Bm:       X24432 (or play Bm7: X24232)
E7sus4/B: X20200 (or X20230)
A7*:      X00035

Notes

around A(X02220) Asus2(X02200) Asus4(X02230) A7(X0202) A7sus2(X0200)and A7sus4(X02030).
the walk up in the second line of verse 3:
G A Bm
Think I mighta heard  the     high—--way    call---ing

Intro

D G G5/F# Em7 Gsus2/A

Chorus

D              G       Em7 A
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G                 A         Em7                      A
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the  moonshine
    D             D/C#   Em7/B     A7sus4
And Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
G       D/F# E7    A7
hit me  from behind
    D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D
I'm gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Verse 1

D              Cadd9
Karen, she's a silver sun you'd best
G                A
walk her way and watch it shining.
Bm          G                 A
watch her   watch the morning come.
G             D/F#              E7sus4/B E7  A7
A silver tear appearing now, Im cry-     ing ain't I?
    D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D
I'm gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Verse 2

      D                 Cadd9
There ain't no doubt in no ones mind that
G                A
loves the finest thing around.
Bm      G                  A
Whisper something soft and kind.
    G                   D/F#        E7sus4/B E7  A7
And hey babe, the skies on fire, Im dy-      ing ain't I?
         D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D G A
Said I’m gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Chorus

D              G       Em7 A
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G                 A         Em7                      A
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the  moonshine
    D             D/C#   Em7/B     A7sus4
And Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
G       D/F# E7    A7
hit me  from behind
    D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D
I'm gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Verse 3

D                Cadd9
Dark and silent, late last night
  G                            A
I think I might have heard the highway  calling;
Bm       G                    A
geese in flight and dogs that bite.
    G                   D/F#         E7sus4/B E7
And signs that might be omens say Im go------ing,
    A7
Yes I gotta be going,
    D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D
I'm gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Bridge

            G            A               Bm
Now with a  holy host of others standing round me
F#m             Em               G    A7
Still Im on the dark side of the moon.
       C                  G/B          D
And it looks like it goes on like this forever.
         C9        G/B Em9
You must forgive me
     A7   D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D G A
if I am   gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Chorus

D              G       Em7 A
In my mind I'm gone to Carolina
G                 A         Em7                      A
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the  moonshing
    D             D/C#   Em7/B     A7sus4
And Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
G       D/F# E7    A7
hit me  from behind
    D       Bm7      Em7 A7sus4 D
I'm gone to Carolina in my  mind.

Outro

D/C# Em7/B A7sus4
    G       D/F# Em7  A7sus4  D
I’m gone to Caro-lina in my   mind
D/C# Em7/B A7sus4 G D/F# E7 A7
If I am
D         Bm7 G           D/F# Em7 A7sus4 D
Gone to   Caro—lin--a     in   my     mind