Chords for James Taylor - Carolina In My Mind (One Man Band, July 2007)

This last song we're going to give you also takes us back to England and to North Carolina as well.
_ _ _ _ I was _ in England recording _ _ my first record and I was using the time that the Beatles were making _ their white album in the same studio
and I was using whatever time they weren't using.
I'd just sort of dash in and put down a couple of tracks when they were _ finished with one of their marathon sessions.
It was really quite amazing.
But they decided to take a break and they closed down the studio to do some work and I had some time on my hands.
_ I went with some friends to an island in the Mediterranean called Formentera _ off the coast of Spain near Ibiza and near Mallorca.
_ Really a beautiful spot. _
Primitive really.
It's probably completely developed now but in those days it was just some olive trees and a mess of goats.
For some reason _ hundreds of smugglers were there.
_ _ So it seemed like a good place to relax. _ _ _ _
I had a wonderful time, a nice vacation.
I met a girl there, a young woman by the name of Karen.
_ Although we only knew each other for a short period of time, we grew close. _ _
_ But strange to say, I have no picture.
I never saw her again.
I almost did 20 years later in Copenhagen but no. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I thought _ _ I'd try an experiment.
On the internet I found a police sketch artist, the guys who make those forensic drawings of perpetrators that you see in the post office.
They were offering their wares over the internet and their services.
So I called up and I was here at home in Lenox and I called over to Los Angeles where this guy worked.
I said, if you haven't seen the person for like 35 years, can you still make a decent drawing?
He said, it just depends on your description.
I will draw what you say.
He said, why don't you just relax and give it a try.
_ I said, okay.
Well, she was Scandinavian, a Swedish girl, about 5'6", I think, medium build, _ about 24 years old, _ you know, sort of shoulder length, blonde hair, wide forehead, piercing blue eyes, narrow chin and a full mouth.
Sort of a freckly, but deep, freckly tan sort of.
I said, yeah, I think I can come up with something.
I said, well, how soon can I hope to see something?
He said, well, if you just check your email tomorrow, I'll send you something.
I said, wow, that's fantastic.
So the next day I was very keen.
I got up, sure enough I had mail.
I opened it right up and this is what he had sent. _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ So I called him up and said, see here, this will never do, etc.,
you know, things like that.
He said, just relax.
_ It's my little joke.
I actually just want to make sure I've got the right address before I send it on.
And then he sent along this, which is maybe a little _ better, a little closer.
_ It doesn't really conflict with my idea of who Karen was.
So, you know, the thing is I can't stop thinking of her now as a criminal. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Well, _ _ _ I _ had a wonderful time, but I was more and more, I was suffering homesickness.
I miss my dad and his bicycle.
I miss my dog, Hercules.
I miss my pumpkin collection.
I miss North Carolina.
And this song was the result. _ _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _
_ [F] In my mind I'm gone [Gm] to [C] Carolina. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] Can't you see [C] the [G] sunshine? _
[Gm] Can't you just feel [C] the moonshine?
[F] _
[E] Ain't it [Bb] like a friend of [C] mine, [Bb] take me [F] from [G] behind?
[C] Oh, [F] I'm [Dm] gone to [Gm] Carolina [Bb] in my [F] mind.
_ _ _ _ _ Caverns, she's a [Eb] silver sun.
You best [Bb] walk her way and [C] watch it shine.
[Dm] _ _ Watch her, [Bb] watch the morning [C] come. _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] A silver tear [F] appearing now while I'm [G] crying.
_ [C]
Ain't I?
_ [F] I'm gone [Dm] to [C] _
[F] Carolina in my _ mind. _ _
_ _ There'll be no doubt in [Eb] no one's mind.
[Bb] They love the finest [C] thing around.
_ [Dm] _ _ [Bb] Whisper something soft and [C] kind. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Hey, baby, the [F] sky's on fire.
[Dm] I'm [G] dying.
_ [C] Ain't I?
Ain't [F] I gone to _ Carolina in my [Bbm] mind?
_ [F] _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [F] In my mind [Gm] I'm gone to _ [C] Carolina. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] Can't you [C] see the sunshine? _
[Gm] Can't you just feel [C] the _ [Gm] moonshine?
[F] _ [C] Ain't it like a [Bb] friend of _ [F] [Bb] mine, keep me [F] from _ [G] behind?
[F] Said I'm gone to _ [Gm] Carolina [Bb] in [F] my _ [G] mind.
_ [F] _ _ _
Dark and silent [Eb] day last night.
[Bb] Think I [C] might have [Bb] heard [C] the highway [A] calling.
[Dm] _ He [F] sent [Bb] flight and dogs at [C] night. _ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ Signs in my [F] beholdment say [Dm] I'm _ [G] going, [Bb] I'm [C] going.
[Dm] I'm gone to _ [Gm] Carolina [Bb] in my [F] mind.
[Gm] _ _ [F] _ It's a [Bb] _ holy host [C] of others standing [Dm] around me. _ _ _ _
[Am] Still I'm on the [Gm] dark [F] side of [Bb] the moon.
[F] _ _ [C] _ And it [Eb] looks like it goes [Bb] on like this _ [F] forever, [G] oh.
[F] _ You must [Eb] forgive _ [Gm] _ me. _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _
[F] I'm gone [Dm] to _ [Gm] Carolina [Bb]
in [F] my _ mind.
_ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ [F] In my mind I'm long [Gm] gone to _ [C] Carolina. _ _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ Can't you see [C] the sunshine?
_ [Gm] Can't you just feel [C] the _ [F] moonshine?
_ [C] Ain't it just like [Bb] a friend of [F]
mine, [Bb] keep me [F] from _ [G] behind?
[C] _
[F] Oh, I'm gone [Dm] to [Gm] _ Carolina [Bb] in [C] my _ _ [Bb] mind.
[F] _
Oh, I'm gone to [Gm] Carolina _
[Bb] [C] in my mind.
_ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ So I'm [Bb] _ [F] already [Gm] gone.
[C] I'm [F] _ _ [Em] gone.
[Dm] _ _
[F] _ _ [Bb] Say [F] nice [Gm] things about me.
_ [Bb] [F] I'm gone.
[C] _ [Dm] _ _
[F] _ [Bb] You have to carry [Am] on without [Gm] me.
_ I'm [F] _ [E] gone.
_ [Dm]
[F] Oh, _ [Bb] I'm gone [F] to _ [Gm]
Carolina [F] in my _ [C] _ [E] _ _
_ [C] mind.
[Bb] I'm gone.
[F] _ _ _
[Gm] _ _ Yes, [F] I'm gone [Dm] to _
_ _ [F] Carolina _ [Gm] in _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ my _ _ [F] mind. _ _ _ _
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