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{Verse 1]
G              D
Tennessee, January
C                  D
  Everything's ordinary
G                   D              C D
 But you're unlike anything I've seen
  G              D
Is this how I really feel?
C                  D
  Or just another heart to steal
G                   D              C D
To fuel the song that's underneath

[Chorus]
     G   D C D
Carolina,
                  G          D C  D
you will have to forgive me
     G   D C  D
Carolina,
                 G        D C
this is just my tendency
N.C.
Forgive me

[Instrumental]
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[Verse 2]
G              D
I pass another day wasting
C                  D
Thoughts on what's ahead asking
G                D                  C    D
What if, and why not, and who's to say?
G                   D
  When all I really know of you
C                     D
   Is you're just as lonely too
       G                    D                 C       D
'Cause desperate hearts are hearts that need someone

[Chorus]
     G   D C D
Carolina,
                  G          D C  D
you will have to forgive me
     G   D C  D
Carolina,
                 G        D C
this is just my tendency
N.C.
Forgive me

[Instrumental]
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[Bridge]
Em               D
   I'm careless sometimes
                         Em
And I'm sure that you'll find
           D                      Em
That's now how I want to live my life
              D
I wanna to be sure
                    Em
But don't know how to
            D
How hard I try...

[Chorus]
     G   D C D
Carolina,
                  G          D C  D
you will have to forgive me
     G   D C  D
Carolina,
                 G        D C
this is just my tendency

[Chorus]
     G   D C D
Carolina,
                  G          D C  D
you will have to forgive me
     G   D C  D
Carolina,
                 G        D
this is just my tendency

[Chorus]
     G   D C D
Carolina,
     G   D C D
Carolina,
     G   D    C D
Carolina,  oh-oh
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Carolina