Carolina In My Mind Chords

by James Taylor
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Difficulty: beginner
Capo: no capo
Author AAATriple [a] 124.
1 contributor total, last edit on Aug 16, 2016
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Chords

G
C
D
Em
F#

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[Chorus]
 
G             C           D
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
C                 D
Can't you see the sunshine
C                       D
Can't you just feel the moonshine
G                 Em
Maybe just like a friend of mine
   C      G    D
It hit me from behind
C   D   G        D   C    D     G
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Verse 1]
 
G            C
Karen she's a silver sun
         C                D
You best walk her way and watch it shining
Em        C                D
Watch her watch the morning come
  C           G                 Em D   C
D
A silver tear appearing now I'm cryin, ain't I?
G        D    C   D     G
Going to Carolina in my mind
 
      G                C
There ain't no doubt it no one's mind
     C                D
That love's the finest thing around
Em      C                  D
Whisper something warm and kind
    C            G                  Em D  C
   D
And hey babe the sky's on fire, I'm dying, ain't I?
G        D   C    D     G
Going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             C           D
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
C                 D
Can't you see the sunshine
C                       D
Can't you just feel the moonshine
G                 Em
Maybe just like a friend of mine
   C      G    D
It hit me from behind
C   D   G        D   C    D     G
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
G                C
Dark and silent late last night
          C                    D
I think I might have heard the highway calling
Em       C                    D
Geese in flight and dogs that bite
C                   G           Em D   C D
Signs that might be omens say I going, going
    G        D   C    D     G
I'm going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             C           D
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
C                 D
Can't you see the sunshine
C                       D
Can't you just feel the moonshine
G                 Em
Maybe just like a friend of mine
   C      G    D
It hit me from behind
C   D   G        D   C    D     G
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Outro]
 
       Em           C               Em       D
With a holy host of others standing round me
G                C                Em    D
Still I'm on the dark side of the moon
       C                  C       D    G
And it seems like it goes on like this forever
         Em            D
You must forgive me
              G       D   C    D     G
If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
 
 
[Chorus]
 
G             C           D
In my mind I'm going to Carolina
C                 D
Can't you see the sunshine
C                       D
Can't you just feel the moonshine
G                 Em
Maybe just like a friend of mine
   C      G    D
It hit me from behind
C   D   G        D   C    D     G
Yes I'm going to Carolina in my mind
 
 
 
For the D in every 3rd line of the verses, you can put your pinky down on the high G
beside your middle finger which is on the F#). It'll sound nice, but it sounds the best if
do it like this:
 
                            D   (wait) (add the pinky) (take it off)
"Whisper something warm and kind"
 
Good luck!
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10 comments
HodgesMusicCo
It can only sound wrong if you play it wrong. This tab has no sound? Fits my voice perfectly. Some minor adjustments, but it is a great guide and gets you in the right direction. We can't all play like James Taylor. The others in this post are obviously amazingly accomplished guitarists. Maybe we will get there one day. Thanks for a simplified version for those of us who can sing it but have trouble playing as good as James.
+9
GMAC1000
Very helpful to the novice... like me!! Thank you very much
+3
Colleenkrumins
Good Job....I like this tab...nothing wrong with tabs for beginners.
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