Charlie

	  		 

 

E             C#m    A         E 
Charlie, I'll make a deal with you  
B                      E            E7  
after which you can do anything you want to  
  A                  B         C#m               E 
I know I've got the leg up, as you're still only made up 
    A               B                   E  
but baby you know I wrote this song for you  

E                C#m         A             E 
don't go kissing boys, don't make a lot of noise  
    B                                 E         E7 
let daddy sing his songs, and be real good  
     A                   B               C#m         E   
just treat your teachers nice and find a healthy appetite  
             A       B              E    
for what you really, really want to do  

E                   C#m       A                E 
and if in fact your married before the day I'm buried  
G#7                        C#m7 
follow just my one and only rule  
    A                B       C#m                E 
for everything you do just remember through and through 
      A                  B               E    E7  
be my best friend 'cause i'll be one for you, oh 

A 
Charlie, you'll be strong  
E 
Charlie, you'll be smart  
C#m                         A 
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start  
F#             B               G#7           C#m 
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady 
        A              B               E  
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart  


E               C#m             A               E 
I know just how you'll be cause you'll be just like me  
B                                E         E7 
charming, so alarming & a little crazy  
     A            B               C#m              E   
the queen of some sand castle, an abrasive, rowdy hassle but  
A                B                   E 
kind and loving, fresh and bright, I know  

E               C#m                  A               E  
come to me with problems, I swear, I won't go try to solve 'em 
G#7                             C#m  
I'll only tell you everything I know 
     A                 B   
like standing tall was all I had  
     C#m              E 
like boys are bad and love's a fad 
     A           B                  E  
that no one ever learns to just let go  

A 
Charlie, you'll be strong  
E 
Charlie, you'll be smart  
C#m                         A 
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start  
F#             B               G#7           C#m 
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady 
        A              B               E  
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart  

E                     C#m              A                   E   
Charlie, there's just one little thing before we meet some lovely spring  
          G#7                        C#m 
I have to go and you find you a nice momma 
A                   B           C#m             E  
she'll be just like me and you, perfect in just what we do  
  A                  B             C#m 
a love as strong as father and his daughter  

A 
Charlie, you'll be strong  
E 
Charlie, you'll be smart  
C#m                         A 
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start  
F#             B               G#7           C#m 
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady 
        A              B               E  
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart