G              C                   Am                  C
        Every scream went bleeding through these paper walls 
 G                 C                Am                      C
        and all the make-up in the world couldn't hide the scars
                 G                  C          Am               C
        I leave today, I'm packing light: a suitcase, some toiletries
                     G                C           Am            C
        The rolling hills and willow trees of Carolina wait for me

        Interlude: See Riff

 G                C                       Am                    C
        You never learned, the rules have changed since we were nine
 G                 C                     Am                   C
        This isn't school: boys don't assault the girls they like
                     G                   C                    Am               C
        The taste of blood, the claim of love: these two will here on cease to be
                  G                     C               Am             C
        sprouting from your fists and tongue 'cause Carolina waits for me

        Interlude: See Riff

 G                C                 Am                  C
        Fields of grain go whipping by from the window seat
 G                   C               Am                  C
        I'm drifting in, I'm drifting out catching up on sleep
                   G               C               Am      C
        I couldn't get Indentured since the very crest of 17
                    G               C                Am            C
        I left my keys and broken dreams 'cause Carolina waits for me

        Interlude: See Riff

 G              C        Am            C
        I will never forgive a single day
 G            C               Am               C
        Mile markers seem to call my name and say, 
                      G                   C                     Am                C
        "you're safer now. Through every town, we'll light your way in reflective green 
                G                 C           Am            C           G
        all the way" The entire state of Carolina waits for me

Riffs:

[Intro]

E|------3------3------3--------3-------3-------3-------|
B|--------3------3------3--------3-------3-------3-----|
G|----0------0------0--------0------0-------0-------0--|
D|-----------------------------------------------------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-----------------------3---------------------------|

[Interlude]

E|------3------3-------------------------3-------3---------------------|
B|--------3------3-------------------------3-------3-------------------|
G|----0------0------0-----0-----0------0-------0------0-----0----0-----|
D|---------------------0h2---0h2-------------------------0h2--0h2------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-3-------------------------------3--------------------------------3--|