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Carolina
Written By: Jason Harrod
Transcribed By: Benjamin Padula

*******-=KEY=-*******
* h = hammer-on     *
* p = pull-off      *
* s = slide up/down *
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CAPO ON 4TH FRET!
All chords relative to the capo.

Chords:
  C  F                 Am G  C7 F7 G7 A7 D7
e-0--1-index finger   -0--3--0--1--3--0--2-
b-1--1-index finger   -1--0--1--1--3--2--1-
g-0--2-middle finger  -2--0--3--2--4--0--2-
d-2--3-pinky          -2--0--2--1--3--2--0-
a-3--3-ring finger    -0--X--3--3--5--0--X-
e-X--1-thumb          -X--3--X--1--3--X--X-


Part 1

Intro

  C              not in time->|---|-> quick hammer-on and pull off
e---0-------0-------0---------|---|-----0------------------------ 
b---1-------1-------1---------|---|-----1------------------------ 
g---0-------0-------0---------|---|-----0------------------------ 
d---2-------2-------2---------0h2p0-----2------------------------ 
a-3-----0-3-----0-3-----0-3---0---|-2-3-------------------------- 
e-----3-------3-------3-----3-|---|------------------------------ 

At first, it might be easier to forget about the hammer-on and 
pull-off and just play the open a-string.  Also, it's good to 
strum the C-chord at virtually any other point in the progression 
additionally to the places where I have it tabbed.

Part 2

This part is used mostly as a familiar transition back into a verse 
or into the chorus.

  C 
e---------|---|-----0- 
b---------|---|-----1- 
g---------|---|-----0- 
d---------0h2p0-----2- 
a---0-3---0---|-2-3--- 
e-3-----3-|---|-------

For probably about 50% of the places where this applies, he leaves 
out the first three notes of this riff and just plays main part.  
Listening to the song on the Live Harrod & Funck album or Jason 
Harrod's Living in Skin really helps too.


Part 3

Transitions within the chorus never include the first part of (2).

  C 
e---------0- 
b---------1- 
g---------0- 
d---------2- 
a---0-2-3--- 
e-3---------

Once again, you can add the hammer-on/pull-off as shown 
above.  He plays it that way sometimes, but make sure 
this basic riff is distinct.


Part 4

Transition in chorus from C to Am

  C 
e---0-------0---- 
b---1-------1---- 
g---0-------2---- 
d---2-------2---- 
a-3---3-2-0------ 
e----------------


Part 5

Ending

  C       V--Strum up so that you hit the 3rd fret of the a-string last.
e---0-----X------ 
b---1-----1------ 
g---0-----0------ 
d---2-----2------ 
a-3-----2-3------ 
e-----3----------



Other than those parts, the rest of the song is pretty much strumming 
chords in rhythm.  Listen to the recordings to get the rhythm--I don't 
think anyone can tab out how to strum in rhythm.  Below, I have simply 
written the lyrics with the chords in their appropriate places.


Chords for verse and chorus

(1)
 C                F                C
Night tonight we made good time,
   C             Am            C
Straddling that yellow line.
  C                F        G     (2)
Another town, the same old songs.
C                  F
My mind is racing down the street.
        C             Am
These shoes are suffocating me.
    C             F      G      C    (2)
The only place I want to be is gone.

(continue this pattern for each verse.)

Take me where them rolling hills
Can gather up and cure my ills.
Let me smell that long-leaf pine.
Here I come clear off a space,
Just don't for get my name or face
Before I get back down to Caroline.

Chorus
C   F        C    (3)
Oh, oh, Carolina!
C F           G     (3)
Over greener hills.
C F           C (4) Am
Beside bluer waters,
C         F  G         C    (2)
Carolina, I love you still.

America's so big and great,
Goes coast to coast, goes state to state.
I love you from the east to the west.
New York island, California,
Woody Guthrie had it for you,
But there's a corner of you I love best.

Chorus
C   F        C    (3)
Oh, oh, Carolina!
C F           G     (3)
Over greener hills.
C F           C (4) Am
Beside bluer waters,
C         F  G         C    C7
Carolina, I love you still.

Bridge
F7                       G7
'Cause nothing could be finer
         C7             F7    A7
Than to know where you stand
A7                 D7         G7
And feel that big love coming down.

(play the chords to the last two lines of the chorus without singing)

(play quietly/speak words more than sing them)
Hey, gray skies, don't rain on me.
I got someplace I got to be.
This emptiness is all in me, I think I should be going.
Sixty-one or sixty-six,
Any road can give you kicks,
But only one can carry you back home.

(for the last verse, F(133211) often becomes F2(133011))

Chorus
C   F        C    (3)
Oh, oh, Carolina!
C F           G     (3)
Over greener hills.
C F           C (4) Am
Beside bluer waters,
C         F  G        Am
Carolina, I love you still.
F         G           Am
Carolina, I love you still.
F         G           C      (5)
Carolina, I love you still!



If there are still some blanks that need filled in, listen to the 
recording(s) a few more times or email me with a specific question.

Transcribed By: Benjamin Padula
Email: padulab@dickinson.edu
Homepage: www.bpqd.org

For more on Harrod & Funck (Jason Harrod and Brian Funck) 
or Jason Harrod, visit the following sites:

Harrod & Funck: www.bpqd.org/harrodandfunck.php
Jason Harrod: www.jasonharrod.com