Carolina Rua (the Crooked Road) appears on Mary Black’s «No Frontiers» album, with a rather carribean-sounding arrangement. The arrangement shown here is songwriter Thom Moore’s own original version, as found on his «Dreamer in Russia» CD.
Thom Moore’s website can be found at http://www.harp-thistle.com/thom/
Carolina Rua
(The Crooked Road)
Stories never end
Till you come to conclusions:
Carolina Rua has a hand in my confusion.
She waits for me to choose
Which quarter to bend in,
To Susie-Make-Me-Blue,
Or the redhead I’m attending.
Now, Carolina Rua has my heart
And all I want to do’s
Go down the windy road,
Where my Carolina goes;
Down the crooked road,
Where Carolina goes to school,
Mo Charolina rua, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me.
Standing on three queens,
I thought the game was over;
Then, from the blue, Carolina’s at my shoulder.
Laughter in her eyes,
And a smile that touches all the guys
On down the windy road,
Where my Carolina goes;
Down the crooked road,
Where Carolina goes to school,
Mo Charolina rua, do you love me?
Tell me true, tell me.
INTRO
/ F#m Em / D / A D / A
/ Bm (A) / G (F#) / A / D
VERSE & CHORUS [3X]
/ F#m Em / D / A D / A
/ Bm (A) / G (F#) / A / D
/ F#m Em / D / A D / A