G C G Somewhere in the mountains in northern Alabama G Em Am D7 The Carolina lady waits for her man from Tennessee G C G Em Somewhere in a motel out in Oklahoma Em Am D7 There's the Alabama dreamer D7 G That same man from Tennessee G C G Sometime late at night the lonely wakes her gently G Em Am D7 And knocks at her door but she won't give in G C G Em But like every other woman she needs to feel wanted Am D7 G G7 She thinks of making love and goes to sleep again C Bm G7 Carolina dreamin' lonely C G Carolina can't you see C Bm You will always be the lady Am That I dream of holding tight D7 That I kiss and tell goodnight Am D7 G Carolina mountain dew G C G Sometime that next day on a Mississippi freeway G Em Am D7 The Alabama dreamer is homeward bound G C G Em His conscious is as clear as those green eyes of Carolina Am D7 And she's waiting with the baby from the love D7 G G7 Of the only man to lay her down C Bm G7 Carolina dreamin' lonely C G Carolina can't you see C Bm You will always be the lady Am That I dream of holding tight D7 That I kiss and tell goodnight Am D7 G Carolina mountain dew Am D7 G Carolina I love you