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%abc-2.1 X:1 T:Carolina On My Mind M:4/4 Q:1/2=75 L:1/4 C:James Taylor Z:Webmaster %%MIDI program 24 K:F "intro" f/2 | "F" [a/2f/2] [c'3/2a3/2] "D-7" [c'3/2a3/2] a/2 | "G-7" b3/2 a/2 "C7" b/2a/2 g | "G-7" (([f4B4] | "C7" [f4B4])) || "chorus" "F" A c c A | "Bb" B3/2 A/2 "F/A" B A/2(A/2 | "G7" A) G3 | "C7" z4 | w:In my mind I'm gone to Ca-ro-li - na "Bb" z B/2B/2 B B/2(A/2 | "C7" A) G2 z/2 C/2 | "Bb" B/2B/2 B B A/2(A/2 | "C7" A/2)(G/2 G2) C | w:Can't you see the sun - shine? And can't you just feel the moon - shine - And "F" A/2A/2 A "F/E" A3/2 G/2 | "D-" A G/2(F/2 "D-/C" F3/2) D/2 | "Bb" D/2 F (F/2 "F/A" F) F/2(G/2 | "G7" G2) "C7" F G | w:ain't it just like a friend of mine - to hit me from - be-hind - And I'm "F" A3/2 B/2 "D-7" c A/2(B/2 | "G-7" B) A "C7" (B/2A/2)F/2(F/2 | "F" F4) | z4 | w:gone to Ca-ro-li - na in - my mind - % |: "verse 1, 2" "F" A/2 c (c/2 c3/2) A/2 | "Eb" B A/2(B/2 B/2)A/2 B | "Bb" B/2B/2B/2A/2 B A |"C" A G/2(G/2 "C#o" G2) | w:1~Kar-in she's - a sil-ver-sun - you'd best walk - her a-way and watch it shine - w:2~Now there ain't - no doubt in no - one's mind that love's the fi-nest thing a - round "D-7" z2 A G/2((A/2 | "Bb" A/2)G/2F/2)D/2 F/2 F (G/2 | "C" (G4) | G2) z z/2 C/2 | w:Watch her watch - - - the mor-ning come - - A w:Whis-per some - - - thing soft and kind. - - And "Bb" B A/2(B/2 B) A | "F/A" (A/2G/2) F F G | "D-7" A2 "G7" G2 | "G-7" F G2 "C7" z/2 C/2 | w:sil-ver tear - ap-pear - ing now I'm cry-ing ain't I? I'm w:hey, babe the - sky's on - fire - I'm dy-ing, ain't I? I'm "F"A3/2 B/2 "D-7" c A/2(B/2 | "G-7" B) A "C7" (B/2A/2)F/2(F/2 | "F" (F4) | F3) z :| w:gone to Ca-ro-li - na in - my mind - - w:gone to Ca-ro-li - na in - my mind - - % "chorus" "F" A c c A | "Bb" B3/2 A/2 "F/A" B A/2(A/2 | "G7" A) G3 | "C7" z4 | w:In my mind I'm gone to Ca-ro-li - na "Bb" z B/2B/2 B B/2(A/2 | "C7" A) G2 z/2 C/2 | "Bb" B/2B/2 B B A/2(A/2 | "C7" A/2)(G/2 G2) C | w:Can't you see the sun - shine? And can't you just feel the moon - shine - And "F" A/2A/2 A "F/E" A3/2 G/2 | "D-" A G/2(F/2 "D-/C" F3/2) D/2 | "Bb" D/2 F (F/2 "F/A" F) F/2(G/2 | "G7" G2) "C7" F G | w:ain't it just like a friend of mine - to hit me from - be-hind - And I'm "F" A3/2 B/2 "D-7" c A/2(B/2 | "G-7" B) A "C7" (B/2A/2)F/2(F/2 | "F" F4) | z3 c | w:gone to Ca-ro-li - na in - my mind - There % "verse 3" A B C A/2(B/2 | "Eb" B) A/2(B/2 B) A/2(B/2 | "Bb" B) A/2(B/2 B) A/2(A/2 | "C" A) G/2(G/2 "C#o"G2) | w:ain't no doubt in no - one's mind - that love's - the fin - est thing - a round - "D-7" z2 A A/2(G/2 | "Bb" G) F/2(G/2 A) | "C7" G4 | z2 z z/2 c/2 | w:whisp-er some -thing soft - and kind And "Bb" B2 B3/2 B/2 | "F" A G F G |"D7"A2 "G7" G2 | F G2 z/2 c/2 | w:hey, babe, the sky's on fire. I'm dy-ing ain't I? I'm "F" A3/2 B/2 "D-7" c A/2(B/2 |"G-7" B) A "C7" (B/2A/2)F/2(F/2 | "F" (F4) | F) z "Coda" F/2 F F/2 :| w:gone to Ca ro li - na - in - my mind - - 4~Now with a "Bb" d3/2 d/2 d3/2 B/2 | "C" B/2 c (c/2 c2/)c/2 (d/2 | "D-7" c) (d c) (A | G F) z2 | w:ho-ly host of oth-ers stand - ing round - me - now - - "A-" A/2 C (C/2 C) A | B B (B/2A/2) F | "Bb" (F4 | "C7" F2) G A | "Eb" B B B B | w:Still I'm on - the dark side of - the moon - And it seems like it goes "Bb" B B B A/2(B/2 | "F" B) A3 | z F G F | "Eb" A2( G/2F/2 G) | "Bb/D" (G4 | "G-7" G4) | w:on like this for-ev - er you must for-give - - - me "C7" F/2 G3/2 F/2 G3/2 | "F" A3/2 B/2 "D-7" c A/2(B/2 | "G-7" B) A "C7" (B/2A/2)F/2(F/2 | "F" (F4) | F2) z2 || w:If I'm up and gone to Ca ro li - na in - my mind _ _ % W:ch W:In my mind I'm gone to Carolina W:Can't you see the sunshine? And can't you just feel the moonshine W:And ain't it just like a friend of mine to hit me from behind W:And I'm gone to Carolina in my mind. W: W:1 W:Karin she's a silver sun, you'd best walk her away and watch it shine W:Watch her watch the morning come. W:A silver tear appearing now I'm crying, ain't I? W:I'm gone to Carolina in my mind. W: W:2 W:Now there ain't no doubt in no one's mind that love's the finest thing around W:Whisper something soft and kind. W:And hey, babe the sky's on fire--I'm dying, ain't I? W:I'm gone to Carolina in my mind. W: W:3 W:Dark and silent late last night I think I might have heard the highway call W:Geese in flight and dogs that bite W:And sighs that might be omens say I'm goin', goin' W:I'm gone to Carolina in my mind. W: W:Coda W:Now with a holy host of others standing round me now W:Still I'm on the dark side of the moon W:And it seems like it goes on like this forever W:you must forgive me W:If I'm up and gone to Carolina in my mind
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