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Somewhere in the mountains in northern Alabama
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The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee
G# C# G# Fm
Somewhere in a motel out in Oklahoma
Fm A#m D#7
There's the Alabama dreamer
D#7 G#
That same man from Tennessee
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Sometime late at night the lonely wakes her gently
G# Fm A#m D#7
And knocks at her door but she won't give in
G# C# G# Fm
But like every other woman she needs to feel wanted
A#m D#7 G# G#7
She thinks of making love and goes to sleep again
C# Cm G#7
Carolina dreamin' lonely
C# G#
Carolina can't you see
C# Cm
You will always be the lady
A#m
That I dream of holding tight
D#7
That I kiss and tell goodnight
A#m D#7 G#
Carolina mountain dew
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Sometime that next day on a Mississippi freeway
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The Alabama dreamer is homeward bound
G# C# G# Fm
His conscious is as clear as those green eyes of Carolina
A#m D#7
And she's waiting with the baby from the love
D#7 G# G#7
Of the only man to lay her down
C# Cm G#7
Carolina dreamin' lonely
C# G#
Carolina can't you see
C# Cm
You will always be the lady
A#m
That I dream of holding tight
D#7
That I kiss and tell goodnight
A#m D#7 G#
Carolina mountain dew
A#m D#7 G#
Carolina I love you