Writer: (Traditional)
Album: O.C.M.S.
Thanks to: pabigdaddy
NB. See the forum for an alternative tab with a capo on the 2nd fret, tabbed by shaggy
[C] They say you were born in St.
Claire’s hospital
[F] I say you were born up in the [C]
sky
You come floatin’ down over New Orleans
To the [F] sweet green levee on the river [C]
side
And your [G] voice chirped like old squeaky
shoes
And [F] momma always said we had nothing to lose
[C] And we danced on the street [F]
corner
CHORUS
[C] Oh Caroline
(Round) Caroline [F]
Heartbroken hard times, they never [C]got us
down
[F] Walkin’ the same line through [Am]
every single southern town
[G] Hand in hand your arm ‘round mine
[F] Oh Caroline [C]
[C] Oh Caroline
(Round) [F] Caroline
[C] I seen it all change, watch it [C]
change some more
[F] Seen hard times standin’ [Am]
right outside your door
[G] Tell me girl what’s on your mind
[F] Oh Caroline [C]
[C] We were the Cardinal’s biggest fans
[F] Turnin’ flips like Ozzy Smith all [C]
through the night
‘Til we got traded away
To the [F] Red Clay Southern League up on the [C]
Georgia line
[G] You could be the pitcher and the catcher too
I’m the [F] home run king before his
muscles grew
[C] Gonna knock the cover off this [F]
town
CHORUS
[C] These are different days
And the [F] pace of the world has us thinking
there’s no [C] time
To turn the other way
[F] Take my hand and we’ll walk on down the
[C] line
[G] Though we may be a thousand miles apart
[F] A brother and a sister have a single heart
[C] And the beat don’t stop for [F]
nothin’.
CHORUS
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