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
