{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1817413,"song":"Caroline","artist":"Otis Gibbs","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11401127-caroline-chords-by-otis-gibbs/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1817413?type=chord","rating":4.60053,"votes":10,"content":"Caroline - Otis Gibbs\r\n\r\nCapo - 3\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith her brother in the kitchen, breaking green beans in half[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhile her father worked in a coal mine, doing chores he'd left for them[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                        [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI say her momma left, and took the family car, on a cold midwestern evening[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe left everything behind, searching for , a little piece of mind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nSomewhere on the other side....[/tab]\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaroline, Caroline......lives her life inside a daydream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she keeps it all inside, all the pain, she has to hide, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the boys would stand in line......for Caroline[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen the daughter of a miner, loved the boy from down the road[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt sixteen she was wedded, he was 24 years old[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]Em[/ch]  \r\nWell the checks were small, and the debts were large[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd it seemed he'd never work[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe had a problem with the bottle, he'd get drunk, and she'd get hurt[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nLonely depressed and insecure....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaroline, Caroline......lives her life inside a daydream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she keeps it all inside, all the pain, she has to hide, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                          [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the boys would stand in line......for Caroline              [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]Em[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nLiving in a motel room, sleeping double across 2 beds[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]A[/ch]                 [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe tries not to wake the children, tangled in her long black hair[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]Em[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe dreams of leaving him, and putting him in jail, high walls and iron bars[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nShe read the sins of the father, will be visited, upon the son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nShe lives in fear of things to come.....[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]F#m[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCaroline, Caroline.....lives her life inside a daydream[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]Em[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd she keeps it all inside, all the pain, she has to hide, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeace will be with you in time.....Caroline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]Em[/ch]                        [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nPeace will be with you in time.....Caroline[/tab]","plain_text":"Caroline - Otis Gibbs\n\nCapo - 3\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nChorus:","chords":["D","A","Em","G","A7","F#m","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}