Going Home To Carolina

Going Home To Carolina Capo 4th Progression: G C, G D G C G D There’s a place that I left when I headed for the West, in search of my fortune and fame. G C G D G No I never even noticed it but now it’s gone, and I long for the sweet Carolina day. G C I’m going home, to Caroline. G D I’m going home, this time I hope to stay. G C I’m going home to Carolina, G D G These Blue Ridge Mountains, they drive my pain away. G C G D My father he grew up in those mountains, he farmed the soil his father did before. G C G D G Mama said he drove team on the very day he died, plowing perfect furrows in the soil. G C I’m going home, to Caroline. G D I’m going home, this time I hope to stay. G C I’m going home to Carolina, G D G These Blue Ridge Mountains, they drive my pain away. G C G D In the fall of ’49 I laid claim to this mile, just half a mile due east of Sutter’s Mill. G C G D G But the flats of California never can compare, to my home in the Carolina Hills. G C I’m going home, to Caroline. G D I’m going home, this time I hope to stay. G C I’m going home to Carolina, G D G These Blue Ridge Mountains, they drive my pain away. G C G D For all my years beneath this rocky soil, I’ve little to show for my pain. G C G D G There’s a couple golden nuggets, there’s a couple memories earned, and a nagging feeling I can’t push away. G C I’m going home, to Caroline. G D I’m going home, this time I hope to stay. G C I’m going home to Carolina, G D G These Blue Ridge Mountains, they drive my pain away. C D G These Blue Ridge Mountains, they drive my pain away.