JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Oh My Sweet Carolina" merupakan lagu Ryan Adams yang dihadirkan pada 2000.
Lagu ini dimuat dalam album Heartbreaker yang merupakan album debut Ryan Adams.
Album Heartbreaker sempat masuk daftar nominasi Shortlist Music Prize 2001.
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Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Oh My Sweet Carolina" dari Ryan Adams.
[Verse 1]
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 Am F
Was trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
C G C
Man I ended up with pockets full of dust
[Verse 2]
C F C
So I went on to Cleveland and I ended up insane
C G
Bought a borrowed suit and learned to dance
F C Am F
I was spendin' money like the way it likes to rain
C G C
Man I ended up with pockets full of cane
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
Am F C G F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
[Intro] x2
[Verse 3]
C F C
I ain't never been to Vegas but I gambled up my life
C G
Building newsprint boats I raced to sewer mains
F C Am F
Trying to find me something but I wasn't sure just what
C G C
Funny how they say that some things never change
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
Am F C G F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
[Break]
Am F C C/G
Am F G
Am F C
C G F C F
[Intro]
[Verse 4]
C F C
Up here in the city, it feels like things are closin' in
C G
The sunset's just my light bulb burning out
F C Am F
I miss Kentucky and I miss my family
C G C
All the sweetest winds they blow across the south
[Chorus]
Am F C Am F G
Oh my swe-eet Carolina, what compels me to go
Am F C C G F
Oh my swe-eet disposition, may you one day carry me home
[Outro]
Am G C F
May you one day carry me home.
Am G C F
Am G C