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Carolina in the Morning
Words by Gus Kahn     Music by Walter Donaldson
1922
2-bar Intro

Verse 1

                        C           Am        Gm6  A7
                        WISH-ING IS GOOD TIME WAST-ED,
                        Dm           G7          C
                        STILL IT'S A HAB-IT THEY SAY;
                      C                   C°   G7
                      WISH-ING FOR SWEETS I'VE TAST-ED,
                          Dm7             G7  C   G+
                          THAT'S ALL I DO ALL DAY.
                     C              Am          Gm6       A7
                     MAY-BE THERE'S NOTH-ING IN WISH-ING,
                     A7   D7                         G7 G° G7
                     BUT, SPEAK-ING OF WISH-ING I'LL SAY;

Verse 2

                     C             Am        Gm6   A7
                     DREAM-ING WAS MEANT FOR NIGHT-TIME,
                        Dm        G7             C
                        I LIVE IN DREAMS ALL THE DAY;
                       C               C°  G7
                       I KNOW IT'S NOT THE RIGHT TIME,
                          Dm7               G7 C   G+
                          BUT STILL I DREAM A- WAY
                    C             Am            Gm6       A7
                    WHAT COULD BE SWEET-ER THAN DREAM-ING,
                     A7   D7                        G7 G° G7
                     JUST DREAM-ING AND DRIFT-ING A-WAY.

Chorus

               C                                            G°
               NOTH-ING COULD BE FIN-ER THAN TO BE IN CAR-O-LIN-A
                      G7
               IN THE MORN-ING,
           Dm                                               G7
           NO-ONE COULD BE SWEET-ER THAN MY SWEET-IE WHEN I MEET HER
                  C°   C
           IN THE MORN-ING,
               F                 C        F                 A7
               WHEN THE MORN-ING GLO-RIES TWINE A-ROUND THE DOOR,
            D7                   G         Am        D7        G7
            WHIS-PER-ING PRET-TY STO-RIES, I LONG TO HEAR ONCE MORE.
          C                                                   G°
          STROLL-ING WITH MY GIRL-IE WHERE THE DEW IS PEARL-Y EAR-LY
                 G7
          IN THE MORN-ING,
             Dm
             BUT-TER-FLIES ALL FLUT-TER UP AND KISS EACH LIT-TLE
             G7             F#°  G7
             BUT-TER-CUP AT DAWN-ING,
                 C                                     C7
                 IF I HAD A-LAD-DIN'S LAMP FOR ON-LY A DAY,
                  F                   D7              G7
                  I'D MAKE A WISH AND HERE'S WHAT I'D SAY;
            C
            NOTH-ING COULD BE FIN-ER THAN TO BE IN CAR-O-LIN-A
                   D7 G7 C
            IN THE MORN -ING.

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