Intro B Bmaj7 E Bmaj7 E Bmaj7 Dbm7 B C#m7 She came to me said she knew me E B Bmaj7 Said she`d known me a long time E Emaj7 B And she spoke of being in love C#m7 B With every mountain she had climbed E6 Bmaj7 And she talked of trails she`d walked up E B Far above the timber line Emaj7 B From that night on I knew I`d write songs F# B With Carolina in the pines
C#7 E B C#7 E B Bmaj7 There`s a new moon on the fourteenth E B First quarter the twenty-first E6 B And the full moon in the last week E F# B Brings a fullness to this earth C#m7 B There`s no guesswork in the clockwork E B Of the worlds part or mine Emaj7 B There are nights I only feel right E B With Carolina in the pines C#7 E B C#7 E B E B F# B Bmaj7 E Bmaj7 C#m7 E B Bmaj7 When the frost shows on the windows E Bmaj7 And the wood stove smokes and glows E B/D# As the fire grows we will warm our souls E/F# B Watchin` rainbows in the coals Emaj7 F# And we`ll talk of trails we walked up E B Far above the timber line E B There are nights I only feel right E B With Carolina in the pines C#7 E B C#7 E B F# E B E B E B F# E B E B E F# B
"Carolina in the Pines" was released in 1975 as the second and final single from the album Blue Sky - Night Thunder. The song was later re-recorded with John McEuen on banjo and released on a compilation album ten years later.