Caledonia Chords

by Dougie MacLean
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Difficulty: beginner
Tuning: E A D G B E
Capo: 4th fret
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Chords

C
G
Am
F

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[Verse 1]
 
C                   G
I don't know if you can see,
    Am                     F
The changes that have come over me.
         C                  G
In these last few days I've been afraid,
       Am           F
That I might drift away.
             C                    G
So I've been telling old stories, singing songs,
     Am                  F
That make me think about where I came from.
C                 G
That's the reason why I seem
   Am         F
So far away today.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        C                      G
Ah, but let me tell you that I love you,
       Am                      F
That I think about you all the time.
                 C
Caledonia you're calling me,
            G     C
And now I'm going home.
C                    G
If I should become a stranger,
          Am                         F
Know that it would make me more than sad,
                 G                    C
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.
 
 
[Verse 2]
 
C                   G
I have moved and kept on moving,
Am                        F
Proved the points that I needed proving,
C                       G
Lost the friends that I needed losing,
      Am            F
Found others on the way.
       C                     G
I have kissed the ladies and left them crying,
Am                         F
Stolen dreams, yes there's no denying,
       C                              G
I have travelled hard, sometimes with conscience flying,
Am                 F
Somewhere with the wind.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        C                      G
Ah, but let me tell you that I love you,
       Am                      F
That I think about you all the time.
                 C
Caledonia you're calling me,
            G     C
And now I'm going home.
C                    G
If I should become a stranger,
          Am                         F
Know that it would make me more than sad,
                 G                    C
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.
 
 
[Verse 3]
 
        C              G
Now I'm sitting here before the fire,
    Am              F
The empty room, the forest choir,
    C                        G
The flames that couldn't get any higher,
        Am                    F
They've withered, now they've gone.
        C                  G
But I'm steady thinking my way is clear,
    Am                 F
And I know what I will do tomorrow,
         C                          G
When the hands have shaken, and the kisses flown,
     Am          F
Then I will disappear.
 
 
[Chorus]
 
        C                      G
Ah, but let me tell you that I love you,
       Am                      F
That I think about you all the time.
                 C
Caledonia you're calling me,
            G     C
And now I'm going home.
C                    G
If I should become a stranger,
          Am                         F
Know that it would make me more than sad,
                 G                    C
Caledonia's been everything I've ever had.
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