Heads Carolina, Tails California
--------------------------------
JO DEE MESSINA
From the album, "Jo Dee Messina" Curb/EMI
Transcribed by Darragh Egan. I am fairly new to the guitar
(and especially to transcribing) so there may be some errors.
Please send any questions, comments, or corrections regarding
this submission to
NOTES: Each letter represents one full bar (4 beats).
Beginners like me may find it easier to put a capo at the second
fret and play the progression as: D A G A
INTRO: E B A B E B A B
VERSE 1
E B A B
Baby, what do you say we just get lost?
E B A B
Leave this one horse townlike two rebels without a cause.
E B A B
I got people in Boston. Ain't your daddy still in Des Moines?
E B A B
We can pack up tomorrow. Tonight, let's flip a coin.
CHORUS: E B
Heads, Carolina - Tails, California.
A B
Somewhere greener - somewhere warmer.
E B
Up in the mountains - down by the ocean.
A B
Where? It don't matter, as long as we're goin'
E B
Somewhere together. I've got a quarter.
A B
Heads, Carolina - Tails, California.
LEADING INTO VERSE 2
BREAK: E B A B
E B A B
We can load what we own in the back of a U-haul van.
E B A B
Couple modern day Moses', searchin for the promised land.
E B A B
We can go four hundred miles before we stop for gas.
E B A B
We can drive for a day, and then we'll take a look at the map.
CHORUS
LEADING INTO VERSE 3
BREAK: E B A B E B A B
E B A B
We're gonna get outta here if we gotta ride a Greyhound bus.
E B A B
Boy, we're bound to outrun the bad luck that's tailin' us.
CHORUS
OUTRO:
EBA B E BABEB A B E B
O---oh, California! Carolina! California!
FADE OUT