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