Carolina In My Mind
James Taylor
 
CAPO 2nd Fret

D                G G/F#       Em A7
In my mind I've gone to Carolina
G                 A7        Em7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?
D        D/C#   Bm              D/A
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
   G      D/F#   Em7
To hit me from behind
     D       Bm  Em7  A7    D
I've gone to Carolina in my mind
 
D              Cadd9
Karen, she's a silver sun you'd best
G       G/F#     Em       A7     A#dim
walk her way and watch it shining.
Bm            G                A7sus4 A7
----watch her watch the morning come.
G             D/F#              Esus4 E   A7
A silver tear appearing now, I'm cry - ing ain't I?
     D       Bm  Em7  A7    D *Hook*
I've gone to Carolina in my mind.
 
D                       Cadd9
There ain't no doubt in no ones mind that
G       G/F#     Em       A7   A#dim
loves the finest thing around.
Bm              G        A7sus4 A7
---Whisper something soft and kind.
G                 D/F#          Esus4  E        A7
And hey babe, the skies on fire, I'm dying ain't I?
     D       Bm  Em7  A7    D *Hook*
I've gone to Carolina in my mind.
 
D                G G/F#       Em A7
In my mind I've gone to Carolina
G                 A7        Em7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?
D        D/C#   Bm              D/A
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
   G      D/F#   Em7
To hit me from behind
     D       Bm  Em7  A7    D
I've gone to Carolina in my mind
 
D                Cadd9
Dark and silent, late last night I think I
G          G/F#      Em      A7     A#dim
might have heard the highway calling
Bm           G                   A7sus4 A7
--- geese in flight and dogs that bite.
G                       D/F#         Esus4 E
And signs that might be omens say I'm go -  ing,
   A7sus4 A7
I'm going,
    D        Bm  Em7  A7    D *Hook*
I'm goin' to Carolina in my mind.
 
       G            A7              Bm
With a holy host of others standing round me
F#m7             Em7              G     A7
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon.
       Cadd9             G/B              D
And it seems like it goes on like this forever.
           Cadd9   G/B Em7
You must forgive me
A7            D       Bm  Em7  A7    D *Hook*
if I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind.
 
D                G G/F#       Em A7
In my mind I've gone to Carolina
G                 A7        Em7
Can't you see the sunshine? Can't you just feel the moonshine?
D        D/C#   Bm              D/A
Ain't it just like a friend of mine to
   G      D/F#   Em7
To hit me from behind
     D       Bm  Em7  A7    D
I've gone to Carolina in my mind