Hm
Oh, Carolina creeks,
        A          Em/H
Running through my veins.
                            A
Lost I was born, lonesome I came,
              Hm
Lonesome I’ll always stay.

    Hm
Carolina knows
         A        Em/H
Why, for years, I roam.
                                 A
Free as these birds, light as whispers,
    Hm
Carolina knows.

Chorus:
         Hm
     And you didn’t see me here.
     No, they never did see me here.
               D  A  Em
     And she’s in my dreams,
                             D
     Into the mist, into the clouds.
     A     Em
     Don’t leave,
                              D
     I make a fist, I make it count.
                   A
     And there are places
            Em
     I will never, ever, go.
   Hm                A        Em
     And things that only Carolina
               Hm
     Will ever know.

Instrumental: Hm | Hm | A | Em/H
              Em | A | Hm | Hm

    Hm
Carolina stains,
       A         Em
On the dress she left.
                         A
Indelible scars, pivotal marks,
            Hm
Hlue as the life she fled.

    Hm
Carolina pines,
          A     Em
Won’t you cover me?
                                 A
Hide me like robes down the back road,
            Hm
Muddy these webs we weave.

Chorus:
         Hm
     And you didn’t see me here.
     No, they never did see me here.
               D  A  Em
     And she’s in my dreams,
                             D
     Into the mist, into the clouds.
     A     Em
     Don’t leave,
                              D
     I make a fist, I make it count.
                   A
     And there are places
            Em
     I will never, ever, go.
   Hm                A        Em
     And things that only Carolina
               D | A | Em | Em
     Will ever know.

     D | A | Em | Em
     Oh…
        D | A | Em | Em
     Oh-oh…
     D | A | Em | Em | Em | Em
     Oh…

       Hm
   And you didn’t see me here.
        A
   They never did see me here.
       Em
   Oh, you didn’t see me here.
        A
   They never saw me.

        Hm
Oh, Carolina knows
         A              Em
Why, for years, they’ve said
                     A
That I was guilty as sin
               Hm
And sleep in a liar’s bed.

        Hm
Hut the sleep comes fast,
         A       Em
And I’ll meet no ghosts.
                                  A
It’s between me, the sand and the sea,
    Hm
Carolina knows.