Ab                  Eb    Ab
Sunrise through the evergreens
Fm      Fm/Eb  Db
Another day is born
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The hills take on a golden glow
Db         Eb
A Carolina morn
Ab                Eb     Ab
I used to see you in her eyes
Fm         Fm/Eb  Db
Now I just got to know
Db Eb      Fm    Db            Eb      Ab
Oh oh  Carolina, how could you let her go
Db    Ab        Eb          Ab
Oh    Carolina, if I'd only known
Db    Ab    Fm  Db           Eb    Ab    Eb Ab Eb Ab
Oh oh Carolina, I would have never gone
Ab                   Eb      Ab
I thought the beauty of your hills
Fm         Fm/Eb       Db
Would hold her here for me
Db                    Cm
I never dreamed while I was gone
Db                 Eb
You'd ever set her free
Ab                 Eb     Ab
I trusted you with all my heart
Fm           Fm/Eb     Db
And the only love I've known
Db Eb    Fm    Db            Eb      Ab   
Oh   Carolina, how could you let her go
Db     Ab    Eb           Ab
Oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Db    Ab Fm  Db           Eb    Ab
Oh Carolina, I would have never gone
Db     Ab    Eb          Ab
Oh Carolina, if I'd only known
Db     Ab Fm  Db           Eb    Cm  Fm
Oh Carolina,  I would have never gone
Db           Eb    Ab
I would have never gone