John Mellencamp – Carolina Shag (Guitar)

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As recorded by John Mellencamp (2022 release of a 1985 recording - From the 1985 Album SCARECROW 'DELUXE EDITION') [Intro] C D C D C D C D C D C D C D C D [Verse 1]

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Next time you need a holiday

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I'll tell you what me and couple of friends did

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We got into a van and drove to the Carolina coast

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Laid on the beach and hid

[Verse 2]

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Well, the other guys didn't notice her

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I tell you what I sure did

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Well she asked me to come up and talk to her

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And up next to her I slid

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And she said

[Pre-Chorus]

Em
Do you wanna go down to South America

A
No, crazy down there, she said

Em
Can I show you this little beach town, I said

A
Baby, I don't care and she said

[Chorus]

Em                D         C
Do you do the Carolina shag?

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Dance, dance, dance

C                 D         C
Do you do the Carolina shag?

              D
Dance, dance, dance

[Verse 3]

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Down those Carolina beach towns

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They got a pretty, pretty girls

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They got a hundred beach clubs on every street corner

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Probably the best in the world

[Verse 4]

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And that ol' screaming Rock n' Roll

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Comes outta ol´ Johnny's dollars

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She was the first to arrive, the last to leave

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And man I can hear her holler

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She said

[Pre-Chorus]

Em
Are you gonna be down there tonight?

A
Baby, you know that I will, she said

        Em
You can come by yourself or you can bring your friends 'cause

A
Everybody's there, yeah

[Chorus]

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

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Dance, dance, dance

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

              D                C
Dance, dance, dance, yeah yeah yeah

[Interlude] C D C D C D C D [Guitar Solo] C D C D C D C D [Verse 5]

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It's a crazy ol' world we live in

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And sometimes you need to relax

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And when the 9 to 5 is a monkey on your back

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And your bossman is wielding his big axe

[Pre-Chorus]

Em
If you don't like it down there

     A
They give you your money back

         Em
And I'll bet you one thing that once you leave

    A
You can't wait to get back 'cause they're

[Chorus]

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

              D
Dance, dance, dance

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

              D               C
Dance, dance, dance, yeah yeah

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

              D
Dance, dance, dance, yeah yeah

C             D        C
Doing the Carolina shag

              D                C
Dance, dance, dance, yeah yeah yeah

[Outro] D C D C