D                     G         D
We met on The Carolinian ? heading south from D.C. 
D              G             A
It?s as if God himself had picked out our seats 
G                        D             A
She smiled and said ?Richmond? when I asked where she was bound 
D                  Bm                G         A       D
I began to wish my life away to have been born in that town 


D                         G        D
We talked a little bit and then she smiled, I saw down in her eyes 
D                     G         A
She wasn?t just beautiful, she was kind and she was wise 
G                       D         A
But a woman down in Raleigh, would soon have my son 
       D                Bm     G     A      D
So I waited for her station like the bullet from a gun 


D                 A
She?s in Richmond with my heart -
G     A     D
And I?m bound for Carolina 
D             A
Wish I?d never met this train
G    A         D
or the girl that?s left behind her 


D                        G                D
When the train reached the station, she looked me in the eye 
D                             G             A
Said, ?Come with me to Richmond and we?ll start a brand new life? 
G                    D             A
Well you know that moment still weighs on my mind 
        D              Bm            G        A      D
?Cause I took my body to Raleigh, and left my heart behind 



D                 A
She?s in Richmond with my heart -
G     A     D
And I?m bound for Carolina 
D             A
Wish I?d never met this train
G    A         D
or the girl that?s left behind her-
Bm          G  
now we?re apart 
G                 A         A                      D
While I?m bound for Caroline - she?s in Richmond with my heart

D                         G         D
My son is grown up to my hand, and he fills me with pride 
D                      G              A
I take him down to the station to watch the trains roll by
G                       D             A 
But that northbound Carolinian always makes the teardrops start
    D          Bm        G          A         D
Cause its headed up to Virginia where I left my heart 


D                 A
She?s in Richmond with my heart -
G     A     D
And I?m bound for Carolina 
D             A
Wish I?d never met this train
G    A         D
or the girl that?s left behind her-
Bm          G  
now we?re apart 
G                 A         A                      D
While I?m bound for Caroline - she?s in Richmond with my heart
I?m still down in Caroline, she?s in Richmond with my heart