Verse:
C# F# C#
I went down to Houston and I stopped in San Antone
C# G#
I passed up the station for the bus
F# C# A#m F#
Was trying to find me something but I wasnʼt sure just what
C# G# C#
Man I ended up with pockets full of dust
Verse:
So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane
Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
I was spendinʼ money like the way it likes to rain
Man I ended up with pockets full of cane
Chorus:
A#m F# C# A#m F# G#
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
A#m F# C# A#m G# F#
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
Verse:
I ainʼt never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
Building newsprint boats I raced to sewer mains
Trying to find me something but I wasnʼt sure just what
Funny how they say that some things never change
Chorus.
Instrumental:
A#m F# C# G# x3
C# C# A#m G# F#
Verse:
Up here in the city, it feels like things are closinʼ in
The sunsetʼs just my light bulb burning out
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family
All the sweetest winds they blow across the south
Chorus.
Outro:
A#m G# C# F#
May you one day carry me ho____me.
A#m G# C# F#
A#m G# C#
