Carla Came Home Chords

KeyAm CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays452

Carla Came Home by Chris Knight is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of Am. It uses the chords Am, C, G, F and D. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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Am
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Intro Am 

verse 1 
              Am 
Well, there's crying in the kitchen, there's running in the hall 
                          C 
Daddy's Winchester wasn't hanging on the wall 
    G                             F 
And it didn't seem like Christmas  very much at all 

Interlude 
Am 

verse 2 
Am 
Mama set me to choppin' wood before the snow 
                                               C 
She said, "Daddy's gone to Richmond and that's all you need to know" 
         G                                  F 
I said, "I want to know why Carla' got that blood on her clothes" 

Am           F    Am              F 
  Carla came home,  middle of the night 
Am           F      D 
  Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes 
C            G              F 
  Carla came home but not just for Christmas time 

Interlude 
Am 

verse 3 
     Am 
When Carla met Tom Walker, Daddy said, "He ain't no count" 
                                            C 
He'd grab his gun and go hunting when she'd bring him to the house 
  G                                  F 
Now something tells me Tom Walker is out of the picture now 

Am           F    Am              F 
  Carla came home,  middle of the night 
Am           F      D 
  Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes 
C            G              F 
  Carla came home but not just for Christmas time 

Instrumental 
Am  F  x2 
Am  F  D 
C  G  F 
Am 

verse 4 
Am 
 Well, they quit searching for my brother-in-law 
                     C 
Gave him a week then they called in the dogs 
            G                          F 
Well, there won't nobody miss him 'cept  maybe his ma 

Am           F    Am              F 
  Carla came home,  middle of the night 
Am           F      D 
  Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes 
C            G              F 
  Carla came home but not just for Christmas time 
Am           F    Am              F 
  Carla came home,  middle of the night 
Am           F      D 
  Sunglasses on and tears in her eyes 
C            G              F 
  Carla came home but not just for Christmas time 
C            G              Am 
  Carla came home but not just for Christmas time 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Start the tuner and play a string

Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

Click Start tuner and allow microphone access. The needle centers and turns green when a string is in tune (within 5 cents).
No microphone? You can still tap any string above to hear its exact reference pitch.

Metronome

100 BPM Andante