INTRO:  Bb 
 
VERSE: 
Bb                                        Eb6                       Bb 
Somewhere in the mountains.........in northern Alabama 
 
Bb                      Gm                             Cm              Fsus  F 
The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee 
 
Bb                             Eb6                Bb        Gm 
Somewhere in a motel......out in Oklahoma 
 
                   Cm                       F 
There's the Alabama dreamer 
 
F                                            Bb       Dm   Cm 
That same man from Tennessee 
 
VERSE: 
Bb                             Eb6                             Bb 
Sometime late at night......the lonely wakes her gently 
 
Bb                               Gm                           Cm   Fsus   F 
And knocks at her door......but she won't give in 
 
F          Bb                        Eb6                          Bb           
Gm 
But like every other woman........She needs to feel wanted 
 
         Cm                         F                                 Bb     
Bbsus  Bb   Bb7 
She thinks of making love.......and goes to sleep again 
Bb7  Eb                       Dm       Bb7 
Carolina.........dreamin'  lonely 
 
Bb7  Eb                        Bb 
Carolina.........can't you see 
 
Bb          Eb                 Dm 
You will always be the lady..... 
 
Dm     Cm                           
That I dream of holding tight..... 
 
Cm     F                              
That I kiss and tell goodnight..... 
 
       Cm   F                Bb        Dm   Cm   Bb       Em   Dm    C....... 
Carolina.......mountain dewe 

 
Key: C Major 
 
C 
VERSE: 
C                                 F6                            C  
Sometime that next day.....on a Mississippi freeway 
 
C                               Am                  Dm           Gsus  G 
The Alabama dreamer........is homeward bound 
  
G    C                               F6                                        
 C           Am 
His conscious is as clear........as those green eyes of Carolina 
 
Am          Dm                                        G           
And she's waiting with the baby from the love........ 
 
G                                           C       C7 
......of the only man to lay her down 
 
C7    F                            Em      C7 
Carolina..........dreaming lonely 
 
C7    F                           C 
Carolina..........can't you see 
 
C           F                    Em 
You will always be the lady 
 
Em      Dm                  
That I dream of holding tight 
 
Dm     G       
That I kiss and tell goodnight 
 
       Dm  G                C 
Carolina......mountain dewe 

 
 
       Dm     G          C        Bb   F/A   F   C 
Carolina..........I love you 
 
 
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Tim