Carolina On My Mind
by James Taylor
sung by John Denver
on Take Me To Tomorrow (1970)
A D E
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
D E
can't you see the sunshine
D E
can't you just feel the moon shining
A F#m
ain't it just like a friend of mine
D E
to hit me from behind
A D E A E
and I'm going to Carolina in my mind
A Bm
Karen she's a silver sun
D E
you best walk her way and watch it shining
F#m D E
watch her watch the morning come
D A Bm E
a silver tear's appearing now I'm crying ain't I
A D E A E
I'm going to Carolina in my mind
A Bm
There ain't no doubt it no ones mind
D E
that loves the finest thing around
F#m D E
whisper something soft and kind
D A Bm E
hey babe the sky's on fire I'm dying well ain't I
A D E A
I'm going to Carolina in my mind
A D E
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
D E
can't you see the sunshine
D E
can't you just feel the moon shining
A F#m
ain't it just like a friend of mine
D E
to hit me from behind
A D E A E
and I'm going to Carolina in my mind
A Bm
Dark and silent late last night
D E
I think I might have heard the highway calling
F#m D E
geese in flight and dogs that bite
D A Bm E
signs that might be omens say I'm going I'm going
A D E A
I'm going to Carolina in my mind
D C#m F#m
Now with a holy host of others standing round me
D Bm E
still I'm on the dark side of the moon
Bm D F#m
and it seems like it goes on like this forever
A E
you must forgive me
is it so then
A D E
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
D E
can't you see the sunshine
D E
can't you just feel the moon shining
A F#m
ain't it just like a friend of mine
D E
to hit me from behind
A D E A E
and I'm going to Carolina in my mind
A D E
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
D E
can't you see the sunshine
D E
can't you just feel the moon shining
A F#m
ain't it just like a friend of mine
D E
to hit me from behind
A D E A
and I'm going to Carolina in my mind