Tom: C Dm F C I dreamed of the day when I'd hold you in my arms again G/B Read you all the letters I wrote but never sent Dm F Give you all the pieces of me C G/B To put 'em back together Put them back together again Dm F Life has a way of writing your story for you C G/B And the hero doesn't always get his girl Dm F C What if you could change the ending to the novel they been writing G/B Leave no resolution [Chorus] Dm F So, Goodbye Carolina, Dm F searched my whole life to find you Dm F I hate to leave you but I hope you'll know C Where I'm going I'll be seeing you Dm F So hold my hand as I'm leaving Dm F Hoped my pain would be enough reason Dm F I'll see you on the other side of the Blue Ridge sky C G/B But now I'm going Hate to tell you goodbye [Bridge] Dm F Dm F [Verse] Dm F C Say it takes a selfish man to leave on out from his old hometown G/B Without saying why he's going Dm F C But you can come take the rest of me Early in the morning G/B Tell me your goodbyes Dm F C Where I'm going I won't have these reminders of what I lost G/B What was taken away from me Dm F C And I hope you'll understand I was a broken man in my own hometown G/B Need to find my own peace [Chorus] Dm F Dm F So, Goodbye Carolina, searched my whole life to find you Dm F I hate to leave you but I hope you'll know C Where I'm going I'll be seeing you Dm F So hold my hand as I'm leaving Dm F Hoped my pain would be enough reason Dm F I'll see you on the other side of the Blue Ridge sky C G/B But now I'm going Hate to tell you goodbye [Bridge] Dmaj7 Cmaj7 x 4 F Individual Notes Low E, F, G, G# Dm F Dm F So goodbye Carolina, searched my whole life to find you Dm F I hate to leave you but I hope you'll know C Where I'm going I'll be seeing you G/B C I'll be seeing you G/B C I'll be seeing you