[Primera Parte] 

         Bm          
Oh, Carolina creeks 
           A        Em
Running through my veins
                             A
Lost I was born, lonesome I came
              Bm
Lonesome I'll always stay
                    
Carolina knows why
     A        Em
For years, I roam
                                   A
Free as these birds, light as whispers
     Bm
Carolina knows
  
[Pre-Estribillo] 

And you didn't see me here

No, they never did see me here
          D   A    Em
And she's in my dreams 
 
[Estribillo] 

                          D
Into the mist, into the clouds
 A      Em
Don't leave
                             D
I make a fist, I'll make it count
                A    
And there are places 
        Em
I will never, ever go
Bm                 A        Em   
   And things that only Carolina
            Bm  A  Em  A  Bm 
Will ever know
 
[Segunda Parte] 

                         A        Em
Carolina stains on the dress she left
                          A
Indelible scars, pivotal marks
             Bm
Blue as the life she fled
                           A     Em
Carolina pines, won't you cover me?
                                   A
Hide me like robes down the back road
             Bm
Muddy these webs we weave 
 
[Pre-Estribillo] 

And you didn't see me here

Oh, they never did see me here
          D   A    Em
And she's in my dreams 
 
[Estribillo] 

                          D
Into the mist, into the clouds
 A      Em
Don't leave
                             D
I make a fist, I'll make it count
                A    
And there are places
        Em
I will never, ever go
Bm                 A         Em  
   And things that only Carolina 
            D  A  Em
Will ever know
 
( D  A  Em )
( D  A  Em )
( D  A  Em ) 
 
[Puente] 

     Bm
And you didn't see me here
      A
They never did see me here
     Em
No, you didn't see me here
      A
They never saw me 
 
[Tercera Parte] 

         Bm       
Oh, Carolina knows 
          A            Em
Why for years they've said
                      A  
That I was guilty as sin 
                Bm
And sleep in a liar's bed
                         
But the sleep comes fast 
          A        Em
And I'll meet no ghosts
              Em 
It's between me
                   A
The sand, and the sea
     Bm
Carolina knows