Carolyn Chords
Carolyn by Merle Haggard is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords C, Dm, Em, F, G7 and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
(C) Carolyn (Dm) let me tell you what I heard (Em) about a man today
He (F) didn't come home from work and he (C) went away
(Dm) 'Til he came to a (C) city, (F) bright in the (G7) nightime like (C) day
There they say he met with some (Dm) women dressed in yellow and (Em) scarlet
Their (F) warm lips like a honeycomb, (C) dripped with honey
And (Dm) somethin' about the smell of (C) strange perfume
(Dm) Made him feel warm (G7), and not (C) alone
Chorus (2x)
(C) Yes Carolyn a man will do that (F)sometimes on his own
And (C) sometimes (G7) when he's (C) lonely
And I believe a man will do that (F) sometimes out of spite
But (C) Carolyn, a man will do that (G7) always
(F) When he's treated bad at home (C) (between choruses)(C) (Dm) (G)(F)(C)