Cocaine Carolina

Johnny Cash - Cocaine Carolina: Guitar Chords

Learn to play "Cocaine Carolina" on your guitar with our detailed chord guide and lyrics. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.

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Learn Cocaine Carolina Guitar Chords and Lyrics by Johnny Cash

This section will guide you through each part of the song, providing the guitar chords placed directly above the lyrics for easy playing. Whether you are a beginner or an experienced player, these elements will help you perform "Cocaine Carolina" smoothly on your guitar.

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 C                            F
Morning found me lying on a floor in New Orleans
 G                                                 C
Lookin like the patches that was about to eat my jeans
C                           F
Feelin like my belly was a warehouse for the blues
       G                              C
And I sure miss my sweet Cocaine Carolina

 F                          C
Met her on an ocean liner, called the Cocaine Carolina
  G                                          C
She was quite a lady then and I was twenty two
 F                              C
God knows how much I adore her, I just never could afford her
 G                                          C
Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you?

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     F                         C
So, goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through
G                                                     C
I'm going back to Sandy Skag, she knows just what to do
  F                               C
She don't love me for my money. She just wants my body, honey
 G                                         C
Cocaine Carolina, how did I get hooked on you?

Oh someone said if I was lucky I could go back to Kentucky
Lexington was famous for it's bluegrass and its hills
Carolina, we should get up,
don't you know we'll have to split up?
Maybe I should go to California

Chorus - x3

Oh goodbye Cocaine Carolina, you and I are through
I'm going back to Sandy Scag,
she knows just what to do
She don't love me for my money


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If you are also interested in learning how to play "Cocaine Carolina" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Cocaine Carolina" by Johnny Cash.

Johnny Cash - Cocaine Carolina: Guitar Chords

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