Chords for Tom Wopat *Lay Me Down Carolina*

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_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ I can hear the [E] rain tapping on [D] the tin roof down [A] in Charlotte.
It's a Sunday [E] morning, what a [A] peaceful sound. _
The closest [E] thing to being [D] there is looking through [A] the pictures.
_ Born and wrinkled, [E] being [A] lost and found.
_ The geese are [E] flying south up my [D] street window in [A] Vancouver.
Fallen [E] leaves, the season's [A] come and gone.
_ _ Years are [E] rolling by [D] and I'm running [A] on memories.
_ _ Lately [E] I've been running [A] kind of low.
_ Lay me down, [Am] Carolina, let [D] me rest my [A] weary bones.
In a world so full of people, why do I [E] feel alone?
_ [A] Lift me up, give me direction, [D] till I know I'm [A] homeward bound. _
Lay me down, [E] Carolina, [A] lay me down. _
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[A] _ _ _ _ Life can [E] take you anywhere [D] or leave you [A] cold and stranded.
Somehow [E] love will always take you [A] home.
Like roots that [E] wind in rivers [D] or go back to [A] Carolina.
Like a ship I'm [E] drifting too far [A] from the shore.
Lay me down, Carolina, [D] let me rest my [A] weary bones.
In a world so full of people, why do I [E] feel alone? _
[A] Lift me up, give me direction, [D] till I know I'm [A] homeward bound.
_ Lay me down, [E] Carolina, [A] lay me down.
Lay me down, Carolina, [D] let me rest my [A] weary bones.
In a world so full of people, why do I [E] feel alone? _
[A] Lift me up, give me direction, [D] till I know I'm [A] homeward bound.
_ Lay me down, [E] Carolina, [A] lay me down.
Lay me down, Carolina, lay me [G] down.
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