Standard (EADGBE)

 (Note: The B in the chord is hammered on throughout the song)

 No- -vember's al- -most o- -ver (--)

 Gentle winter's on the way (--)

 Still I sit here on this bal- -cony (--)

 Smoke my brain away ( - )(--)

  Waiting on that phone to ring

  Wondering which day that it will be

Chorus

 Oh Carrie, I pray one day you'll go back home

 To the warmth of Southern Geor- -gia where you belong

 And leave all the pain you've felt from me here in Missouri

(--) (X2)

 Oh, you were just a young girl (--)

 And I swore I could change (--)

 Every day that you forgave me(-) is just a- -nother one you'll

G waste (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)

D You came here in search of something C true

D Looks like, girl, your searching isn't C through

Chorus

x1)

It's D hard to think that everything a- C -round her

To D know that won't be happy ever C after D

Chorus

x2)

Here in G Missouri (G/B-C) (G-G/B-C)

  Missouri (G/B-C) (G--C)

 Mis- -souri (G/B-C) (G--C)