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Carolina Tide

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Pretty sure he's playing this capo 2 in the C position, so just 
Verse 1
DHey girl, let's go down wash our hands in the GCarolina tide
Let's go down and Em7die and cGome back like Ababies
Verse 2
Hey girl, let's go down wash our sins in the muddy brown wave
Wash the world away and come back again
Pre Chorus x2
BmOh Oh Oh Ohhh Oh, Ohhh OhG  Em  
Chorus
AAll these scarlet stains like the blood red clay
on the Emknees of our Gjeans
AYou can come out righteous if you want babeEm  
you can come out Gclean
Verse 3
Hey girl drive all night down to the water and live like we're alive
Let our sleeping die and roll out of these graves
Verse 4
Hey girl, the water don't know the shore don't care
who you were before
We're not them anymore you know we're not the same.
Pre-Chorus
Verse 1
Verse 2

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Carolina Tide

by John Mark McMillan

Lyrics & chords · Original key · Capo on fret 2 (as written in this song)

Chords in this song · guitar

Em7

Pretty sure he's playing this capo 2 in the C position, so just

Verse 1

D G

Hey girl, let's go down wash our hands in the Carolina tide

Em7 G A

Let's go down and die and come back like babies

Verse 2

Hey girl, let's go down wash our sins in the muddy brown wave

Wash the world away and come back again

Pre Chorus x2

Bm G Em

Oh Oh Oh Ohhh Oh, Ohhh Oh

Chorus

All these scarlet stains like the blood red clay

Em G

on the knees of our jeans

A Em

You can come out righteous if you want babe

you can come out clean

Verse 3

Hey girl drive all night down to the water and live like we're alive

Let our sleeping die and roll out of these graves

Verse 4

Hey girl, the water don't know the shore don't care

who you were before

We're not them anymore you know we're not the same.

Pre-Chorus

Verse 1

Verse 2

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