Carolina Rain Chords by Ryan Adams

[G#] _ _ _ [E] _ [F#] _ [D] _ [Em] _ [F#] _
[E] _ _ _ _ [F#] _ [E] _ [D] _ [A] _
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ [E] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C#m] _ [E] _
_ [F#] _ [E] _ _ _ [F#m] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] _
Rose lived [A] on the [E] south side of town _ _ _ [G] Until her landlord [D] showed up with a [A] $200 _ _ bill
_ [B] Notice [A] of eviction [E] in the other hand _ _ [D] [G] She don't live there no [D] more
[A] And everyone thinks [E] she drowned [A] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] I pulled [A] into Mecklenburg [E] on them _ trains
To [G#] a [G] station that [D] was flooded [A] When they opened up the dams
[B] And broke [A] their connections To [E] them railway lines
[G] So they could blast [D] into the quarry For [A] every load of granite
[G] We [E] got a ton of worry [A] _ [E] One [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [B] night [A] at the diner [E] over eggs _ _
[G] Over easy she showed [E] me [A] The length of her legs
But [Bm] that gold [A] plated cross on [E] her neck it was real _
[G#] And [G] you don't get that kind of [D] money [A] From pushing [Bm] [E] me _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
And I should have told him [A] that [E] she was the [A] one for me
But I lied, [G] but I lied [E] to most [F#] any drifter
[A] Who's looking for work is too weird
I [G] met your sister [Bm] [C] and I married her [D] in July
[A] But if only [G] to be closer to [C] you _ [G] Caroline
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ Percy _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bm] _
_ [A] and I moved [E] down the street _ _ [G] Until we lost two pretty [D]
girls
[A] One was seven, [Em] one was _ [B] three
Alderman [A] and Caroline [E] owned a house right off the hill
[G] Well we laid those [D] babies down [A] So they could still see [E] our [A] house
[E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _
[E] _ _ _ [B] _ Suspicion [A] got the best of [E] old Alderman [A] Hay
[E] _ He [G] owned an auto parts store [A] off the _ interstate
But [Bm] the Lord [Am] took him home in [E] July
_ And [G] then Rose spilled [Bm] the [D] beans on [A] the day that [E] he [Am] died
[E] _
And we [C#m] was in trouble
[E] And [A] I should have [F#] told [E] him [A] that she [E]
was the [D] one [A] for me
But I lied, [G] but I lied
_ [A] Tied up to concrete at the [E] bottom of the [A] quarry
With a tattoo [G] on his heart that [C] spelled out [D] Caroline
_ [A] He was silent, though [G] his rosary [C] well it _ [D] drifted into custody
[A]
Of a sheriff that had just been _ [E] _
deputized _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [Bm] And I [D] was down [A] at the banquet hall
[G] When two guys [D] came up [A] pretty angry and drunk
_ _ _ [Bm] And [Em] I'm [D]
still here at the banquet hall
[G] At the _ [D] banquet hall where [A] the door went off
In [E] the _ [G] Caroline rain
_ _ [D] _ In [A] _
_ [E] the Caroline _ [G] _ rain
_ [D] _ _ [A] _ _ In [E] the Caroline _ [G] rain
_ [D] _ _ _
[A] _ _ Mmmmmmmm [E] Caroline
_ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ [A] _ [E] _ _ _
_ [C#] _ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
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_ _ _ [C#m] _ _ _ [Em] _ [E] _