Caroline Chords by Harry Chapin
Tempo:
64.5 bpm
Chords used:
A
F#m
G
D
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[G] [D]
Caroline comes from the rain, glistening and shivering, she laughs as she [Em] shakes off the weather.
Caroline whispers her words, saying she'll always love me, at least when [F#m] we are together.
Caroline starts closing in, surrounding the spot where [A] watching in [G] wonder I stand.
[F#m] Caroline, shedding her rings, her bracelets and [Em] stockings and placing her skin still moist in the [D] palm of my hand.
[A] [Bm] You're pressing, she smiles, it's too soon to [F#m] ask for me to cast off my [A] cover.
[G] You assume that I'm caught up there in your [F#m] head, so now I must [A] go to my lover.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [D] I'm [A] leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose to [G] chase.
Keeps breaking off [A] the brink of [Bm] space, just as [F#m] I'm about to taste [Em] its meaning.
[A]
[D] Caroline, Caroline, comes from the full moon, trembling and grieving, afraid of the [Em] march of the seasons.
Caroline, you're too young to be running, too old to be lying, too wise not [F#m] to see all the reasons.
Caroline, hangs her cape and her jeans, surrenders her tears to christen my [G] pillow with sorrow.
Caroline, [F#m] remains after times to explain what she [Em] means.
She speaks of today more than she [D] dreams of tomorrow.
[A]
[G] She says never has life been so full of the [F#m] urge to let go of the night and [A] believe.
[G] She collects all her things while she's still of her mind, [F#m] so soft it's like [A] breathing, she leaves.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [A] I'm leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose [G] to chase.
Keeps breaking [B] off the [A] brink of [Bm] space, just as I'm [F#m] about to [Em] taste its meaning.
[A] [D] Caroline, Caroline, Caroline.
Caroline comes from the rain, glistening and shivering, she laughs as she [Em] shakes off the weather.
Caroline whispers her words, saying she'll always love me, at least when [F#m] we are together.
Caroline starts closing in, surrounding the spot where [A] watching in [G] wonder I stand.
[F#m] Caroline, shedding her rings, her bracelets and [Em] stockings and placing her skin still moist in the [D] palm of my hand.
[A] [Bm] You're pressing, she smiles, it's too soon to [F#m] ask for me to cast off my [A] cover.
[G] You assume that I'm caught up there in your [F#m] head, so now I must [A] go to my lover.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [D] I'm [A] leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose to [G] chase.
Keeps breaking off [A] the brink of [Bm] space, just as [F#m] I'm about to taste [Em] its meaning.
[A]
[D] Caroline, Caroline, comes from the full moon, trembling and grieving, afraid of the [Em] march of the seasons.
Caroline, you're too young to be running, too old to be lying, too wise not [F#m] to see all the reasons.
Caroline, hangs her cape and her jeans, surrenders her tears to christen my [G] pillow with sorrow.
Caroline, [F#m] remains after times to explain what she [Em] means.
She speaks of today more than she [D] dreams of tomorrow.
[A]
[G] She says never has life been so full of the [F#m] urge to let go of the night and [A] believe.
[G] She collects all her things while she's still of her mind, [F#m] so soft it's like [A] breathing, she leaves.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [A] I'm leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose [G] to chase.
Keeps breaking [B] off the [A] brink of [Bm] space, just as I'm [F#m] about to [Em] taste its meaning.
[A] [D] Caroline, Caroline, Caroline.
Key:
A
F#m
G
D
Bm
A
F#m
G
[G] _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Caroline comes from the rain, glistening and shivering, she laughs as she [Em] shakes off the weather.
Caroline whispers her words, saying she'll always love me, at least when [F#m] we are together.
Caroline starts closing in, surrounding the spot where [A] watching in [G] wonder I stand. _
[F#m] Caroline, shedding her rings, her bracelets and [Em] stockings and placing her skin still moist in the [D] palm of my hand.
_ [A] [Bm] You're pressing, she smiles, it's too soon to [F#m] ask for me to cast off my [A] cover.
[G] You assume that I'm caught up there in your [F#m] head, so now I must [A] go to my lover.
_ [D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [D] I'm [A] leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose to [G] chase.
Keeps breaking off [A] the brink of [Bm] space, just as [F#m] I'm about to taste [Em] its meaning.
[A] _
_ [D] Caroline, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Caroline, comes from the full moon, trembling and grieving, afraid of the [Em] march of the seasons.
Caroline, you're too young to be running, too old to be lying, too wise not [F#m] to see all the reasons.
Caroline, hangs her cape and her jeans, surrenders her tears to christen my [G] pillow with sorrow.
Caroline, [F#m] remains after times to explain what she [Em] means.
She speaks of today more than she [D] dreams of tomorrow.
[A] _
[G] She says never has life been so full of the [F#m] urge to let go of the night and [A] believe.
[G] She collects all her things while she's still of her mind, [F#m] so soft it's like [A] breathing, she leaves.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [A] I'm leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose [G] to chase.
Keeps breaking [B] off the [A] brink of [Bm] space, just as I'm [F#m] about to [Em] taste its meaning.
[A] _ [D] Caroline, _ _ _ Caroline, _ Caroline. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Caroline comes from the rain, glistening and shivering, she laughs as she [Em] shakes off the weather.
Caroline whispers her words, saying she'll always love me, at least when [F#m] we are together.
Caroline starts closing in, surrounding the spot where [A] watching in [G] wonder I stand. _
[F#m] Caroline, shedding her rings, her bracelets and [Em] stockings and placing her skin still moist in the [D] palm of my hand.
_ [A] [Bm] You're pressing, she smiles, it's too soon to [F#m] ask for me to cast off my [A] cover.
[G] You assume that I'm caught up there in your [F#m] head, so now I must [A] go to my lover.
_ [D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [D] I'm [A] leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose to [G] chase.
Keeps breaking off [A] the brink of [Bm] space, just as [F#m] I'm about to taste [Em] its meaning.
[A] _
_ [D] Caroline, _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Caroline, comes from the full moon, trembling and grieving, afraid of the [Em] march of the seasons.
Caroline, you're too young to be running, too old to be lying, too wise not [F#m] to see all the reasons.
Caroline, hangs her cape and her jeans, surrenders her tears to christen my [G] pillow with sorrow.
Caroline, [F#m] remains after times to explain what she [Em] means.
She speaks of today more than she [D] dreams of tomorrow.
[A] _
[G] She says never has life been so full of the [F#m] urge to let go of the night and [A] believe.
[G] She collects all her things while she's still of her mind, [F#m] so soft it's like [A] breathing, she leaves.
[D] Her world is [Bm] such a sudden [G] place, a minute [A] flashed before my [Bm] face, to fly, to [F#m] feel, to fall from [Em] grace.
Oh Caroline, [A] I'm leaning, careening, [D] there's mubble [Bm] that I choose [G] to chase.
Keeps breaking [B] off the [A] brink of [Bm] space, just as I'm [F#m] about to [Em] taste its meaning.
[A] _ [D] Caroline, _ _ _ Caroline, _ Caroline. _
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