^CMorning found me lying on a ^Ffloor in New Orleans ^GLookin like the patches that was a^Cbout to eat my jeans ^CFeelin like my belly was a ^Fwarehouse for the blues And I ^Gsure miss my sweet Cocaine Caro^Clina

^FMet her on an ocean liner, ^Ccalled the Cocaine Carolina ^GShe was quite a lady then and ^CI was twenty ^C7two ^FGod knows how much I adore her, ^CI just never could afford her ^GCocaine Carolina, how did ^CI get hooked on ^C7you?

So, ^Fgoodbye Cocaine Carolina, ^Cyou and I are through ^GI'm going back to Sandy Skag, she ^Cknows just what to ^C7do ^FShe don't love me for my money. ^CShe just wants my body, honey ^GCocaine Carolina, how did ^CI get hooked on ^C7you?

^COh, someone said if I was lucky, ^FI could go back to Kentucky ^GLexington was famous for its ^Cbluegrass and its hills ^CCarolina we should get up, don't ^Fyou know we have to split up? Maybe I ^Gshould go to ^CCalifornia ...

^FGoodbye Cocaine Carolina, ^Cyou and I are through ^GI'm going back to Sandy Skag, she ^Cknows just what to ^C7do ^FShe don't love me for my money. ^CShe just wants my body, honey ^GCocaine Carolina, how did ^CI get hooked on ^C7you?

Oh, ^Fgoodbye Cocaine Carolina, ^Cyou and I are through ^GI'm going back to Sandy Skag, she ^Cknows just what to ^C7do ^FShe don't love me for my money. ^CShe just wants my body, honey ^GCocaine Carolina, how did ^CI get hooked on ^C7you?

Oh, ^Fgoodbye Cocaine Carolina, ^Cyou and I are through ^GI'm going back to Sandy Skag, she ^Cknows just what to ^C7do ^FShe don't love me for my money. ^CShe just wants my body, honey ^GCocaine Carolina, how did ^CI get hooked on ^C7you? (Fade)