Standard Tuning
When [G]I went down to Georgia I[C] was on the f[G]ence
about w[G]hether I was coming h[D]ome
and I k[Em]now now be[C]tter than be[G]fore
i don?t know lord what I[D]?m looking f[G]or
It was r[G]ed red rocking chair si[C]ttin? on the p[G]orch
[G]pickin? as the bottle runs d[D]ry
and I [Em]go there fo[C]r the free b[G]eer
but I don?t kn[G]ow lord what I[D]?m doing h[G]ere
Ther[G]e?s a train waiting a[C]s I walk the tr[G]acks
[G]freddie a callin? to m[D]e
so I c[EM]limbed on a bo[C]ttle in my ha[G]nd
[G]why I left lord I?ll n[D]ever und[G]erstand
[G]I caught that ride ba[C]ck to Te[G]nnessee
i[G]n the dark the wind and the r[D]ain
I caught[EM] that ride to the dep[C]ths of the [G]wind
[G]goes to show you ju[D]st can?t w[G]in
[G]Oh, my Caroline I [C]never should have l[G]eft
a[G]nd you should have never stayed with [D]me gal
and I k[EM]now now there?s tw[C]o ways to [G]be
[G]live in love or d[D]ie in m[G]isery
(Repeat first verse)
End on G
When [G]I went down to Georgia I[C] was on the f[G]ence
about w[G]hether I was coming h[D]ome
and I k[Em]now now be[C]tter than be[G]fore
i don?t know lord what I[D]?m looking f[G]or
It was r[G]ed red rocking chair si[C]ttin? on the p[G]orch
[G]pickin? as the bottle runs d[D]ry
and I [Em]go there fo[C]r the free b[G]eer
but I don?t kn[G]ow lord what I[D]?m doing h[G]ere
Ther[G]e?s a train waiting a[C]s I walk the tr[G]acks
[G]freddie a callin? to m[D]e
so I c[EM]limbed on a bo[C]ttle in my ha[G]nd
[G]why I left lord I?ll n[D]ever und[G]erstand
[G]I caught that ride ba[C]ck to Te[G]nnessee
i[G]n the dark the wind and the r[D]ain
I caught[EM] that ride to the dep[C]ths of the [G]wind
[G]goes to show you ju[D]st can?t w[G]in
[G]Oh, my Caroline I [C]never should have l[G]eft
a[G]nd you should have never stayed with [D]me gal
and I k[EM]now now there?s tw[C]o ways to [G]be
[G]live in love or d[D]ie in m[G]isery
(Repeat first verse)
End on G