Cocaine Carolina Chords

KeyC# CapoNone TuningStandard Difficulty Plays361

Cocaine Carolina by Johnny Cash is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of C#. It uses the chords G, C 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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  			           COCAINE CAROLINA              CAPO FIRST FRET

G                   C 
Morning found me lyin' on a floor in New Orleans 
D                                            G 
Looking like the patches was about to eat my jeans 
                            C  
Feeling like my belly was a warehouse for the blues 
      D                            G 
And I sure miss my sweet Cocaine Carolina. 

C                         G 
Met her on an ocean liner, call the Cocaine Carolina 
D                                           G 
She was quite a lady then, and I was twenty-two 
C                                G  
God knows how much I adored her, I just never could afford her 
D                                        G 
Cocaine Carolina how did I get hooked on you. 

   C                         G 
So goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through 
D                                                   G                                  
I'm going back to Sandy Skag she knows just what to do 
C                               G 
She don't love me for my money, she just wants my body honey 
D                                         G 
Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you.
 
C                            G
Someone said if I was lucky, I could go back to Kentucky 
D                                              G 
Lexington was famous for its bluegrass and its hills 
C                          G 
Carolina we should get up, don't you know we'll have to split up 
D                                    G
Cocaine carolina you and I are through.
 
Chorus: X1 Then Fin.




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