Chords for Anthony Hamilton | Charlene | Live Performance
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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[Gm] [Cm] Well, [G] speaking of Charlene, I'm [Bb] gonna [Ab] do a little Charlene.
I think it's fitting.
[Eb]
[Ab] [Cm]
[G] First time I've [Bb] done an [Fm] acoustic version, I think.
[F] [Eb] ♪
[Cm] [Bb] [F]
[Fm] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ab]
[F]
[Eb] [Cm] Woke up this morning, [D] found a letter that she [D] wrote ♪
♪ [Fm] She said she's tired, that [Cm] I'm always on the road [Eb] ♪
♪ Too hard to swallow [Bb] being [Fm] alone ♪
♪ She needs someone at night that she [Gm] can hold [Cm]
♪
♪ She must have told [D] me a thousand [Gm] times or [Fm] more ♪
♪ Silent cries I [Eb] used to ignore ♪
♪ [F] God knows I loved her, didn't mean [Fm] to hurt her, [F] hurt her ♪
♪ Baby, [C] I'll be [D]
sitting [G] here [Fm] waiting on you to come home again ♪
♪ Said I'll be, said I'll [Bb] be, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ [Bb] Promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end [F] ♪
♪ To give you my [Cm] love, by your side, pretty [G] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Fm] love you and to be with you for life ♪
♪ To come on [C] home to [Ab] me, [Fm] [G] Charlene [F] ♪
[Gm] ♪ [Cm] She knows I really love this [Gm] old music [Fm] thing ♪
♪ Since I was a child, it's been my [Cm] dream ♪
♪ I can't support her, treat [Gm] her and spoil [Fm] her ♪
♪ You know about her, the finer [Gm] things [Cm] ♪
♪ But I forgot [D] about loving [Eb] her [F]
♪
♪ [Ab] Damn the money, diamonds and pearls ♪
♪ What [Eb] about the heartaches she had with the [Ab] babies?
♪
♪ All she needed was for me to love [Cm] her [C] ♪
♪ Sitting here waiting on you to [Cm] come home again ♪
♪ I won't leave,
[D] promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end ♪
♪ To give you [Gm] my love, [Cm] by your side, pretty [D] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Ab] love you and to be with you for [Ab] life ♪
♪ To come on home to me, [Fm] Charlene ♪
♪ See, [Gm] whoa, [Cm]
promise I can't [F] live without her [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I need and I love [Cm] her ♪
♪ But you see sometimes, [F] [G] it hurts so bad ♪
♪ [C] That she's gone away, [Ab]
yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I pray [Gbm]
[Ab] she'll [Fm] come home one day, yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, [C] yeah ♪ my [F] life.
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [Fm] oh,
[Gm] [Cm]
[F] [Fm]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, [Gm] [Eb]
[Cm] oh, [Fm]
[C]
[Ab] oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
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oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[Eb]
[F]
I think it's fitting.
[Eb]
[Ab] [Cm]
[G] First time I've [Bb] done an [Fm] acoustic version, I think.
[F] [Eb] ♪
[Cm] [Bb] [F]
[Fm] [Eb] [F]
[Eb] [Ab]
[F]
[Eb] [Cm] Woke up this morning, [D] found a letter that she [D] wrote ♪
♪ [Fm] She said she's tired, that [Cm] I'm always on the road [Eb] ♪
♪ Too hard to swallow [Bb] being [Fm] alone ♪
♪ She needs someone at night that she [Gm] can hold [Cm]
♪
♪ She must have told [D] me a thousand [Gm] times or [Fm] more ♪
♪ Silent cries I [Eb] used to ignore ♪
♪ [F] God knows I loved her, didn't mean [Fm] to hurt her, [F] hurt her ♪
♪ Baby, [C] I'll be [D]
sitting [G] here [Fm] waiting on you to come home again ♪
♪ Said I'll be, said I'll [Bb] be, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ [Bb] Promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end [F] ♪
♪ To give you my [Cm] love, by your side, pretty [G] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Fm] love you and to be with you for life ♪
♪ To come on [C] home to [Ab] me, [Fm] [G] Charlene [F] ♪
[Gm] ♪ [Cm] She knows I really love this [Gm] old music [Fm] thing ♪
♪ Since I was a child, it's been my [Cm] dream ♪
♪ I can't support her, treat [Gm] her and spoil [Fm] her ♪
♪ You know about her, the finer [Gm] things [Cm] ♪
♪ But I forgot [D] about loving [Eb] her [F]
♪
♪ [Ab] Damn the money, diamonds and pearls ♪
♪ What [Eb] about the heartaches she had with the [Ab] babies?
♪
♪ All she needed was for me to love [Cm] her [C] ♪
♪ Sitting here waiting on you to [Cm] come home again ♪
♪ I won't leave,
[D] promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end ♪
♪ To give you [Gm] my love, [Cm] by your side, pretty [D] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Ab] love you and to be with you for [Ab] life ♪
♪ To come on home to me, [Fm] Charlene ♪
♪ See, [Gm] whoa, [Cm]
promise I can't [F] live without her [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I need and I love [Cm] her ♪
♪ But you see sometimes, [F] [G] it hurts so bad ♪
♪ [C] That she's gone away, [Ab]
yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I pray [Gbm]
[Ab] she'll [Fm] come home one day, yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, [C] yeah ♪ my [F] life.
Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, [Fm] oh,
[Gm] [Cm]
[F] [Fm]
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, [Gm] [Eb]
[Cm] oh, [Fm]
[C]
[Ab] oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
[Eb]
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_ [Gm] _ _ _ [Cm] Well, [G] speaking of Charlene, I'm [Bb] gonna [Ab] do a little Charlene.
I think it's fitting.
[Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[G] First time I've [Bb] done an [Fm] acoustic version, I think.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] ♪ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] Woke up this morning, [D] found a letter that she [D] wrote ♪
♪ [Fm] She said she's tired, that [Cm] I'm always on the road [Eb] ♪
♪ Too hard to swallow _ [Bb] being [Fm] alone ♪
♪ She needs someone at night that she [Gm] can hold [Cm]
♪
♪ She must have told [D] me a thousand [Gm] times or [Fm] more ♪
♪ Silent cries I [Eb] used to ignore ♪
♪ [F] God knows I loved her, didn't mean [Fm] to hurt her, [F] hurt her ♪
♪ Baby, [C] I'll be _ _ [D]
sitting [G] here [Fm] waiting on you to come home again ♪
♪ Said I'll be, said I'll [Bb] be, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ [Bb] Promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end [F] ♪
♪ To give you my [Cm] love, by your side, pretty [G] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Fm] love you and to be with you for life ♪
♪ To come on [C] home to _ [Ab] me, [Fm] _ _ [G] Charlene _ [F] ♪ _
[Gm] ♪ [Cm] _ She knows I really love this [Gm] old music [Fm] thing ♪
♪ Since I was a child, it's been my [Cm] dream ♪
♪ I can't support her, treat [Gm] her and spoil [Fm] her ♪
♪ You know about her, the finer [Gm] _ things [Cm] ♪
♪ But I forgot [D] about loving [Eb] her [F]
♪
♪ [Ab] Damn the money, diamonds and pearls ♪
♪ What [Eb] about the heartaches she had with the [Ab] babies?
♪
♪ All she needed was for me to love _ _ [Cm] her [C] ♪
♪ Sitting here waiting on you to [Cm] come home again _ _ ♪
♪ I won't leave, _
_ [D] _ promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end ♪
♪ To give you [Gm] my love, [Cm] by your side, pretty [D] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Ab] love you and to be with you for [Ab] life ♪
♪ To come on home to me, [Fm] _ _ _ _ Charlene ♪
♪ See, [Gm] whoa, _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
promise I can't [F] live without her [Gm] ♪
♪ _ God knows I need and I love [Cm] her _ ♪
♪ But you see sometimes, [F] [G] it hurts so bad ♪
♪ [C] That she's gone away, [Ab]
yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I pray _ [Gbm] _
_ [Ab] she'll [Fm] come home one day, yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, [C] yeah ♪ my _ [F] life. _ _
_ Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, _ _ oh, oh, _ [F] _ oh, oh, _ [Fm] oh, _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Cm] oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ _
I think it's fitting.
[Eb] _
_ [Ab] _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ _ _
[G] First time I've [Bb] done an [Fm] acoustic version, I think.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Eb] ♪ _
[Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [Eb] _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ [Ab] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Cm] Woke up this morning, [D] found a letter that she [D] wrote ♪
♪ [Fm] She said she's tired, that [Cm] I'm always on the road [Eb] ♪
♪ Too hard to swallow _ [Bb] being [Fm] alone ♪
♪ She needs someone at night that she [Gm] can hold [Cm]
♪
♪ She must have told [D] me a thousand [Gm] times or [Fm] more ♪
♪ Silent cries I [Eb] used to ignore ♪
♪ [F] God knows I loved her, didn't mean [Fm] to hurt her, [F] hurt her ♪
♪ Baby, [C] I'll be _ _ [D]
sitting [G] here [Fm] waiting on you to come home again ♪
♪ Said I'll be, said I'll [Bb] be, yeah, yeah, [G] yeah, yeah, yeah ♪
♪ [Bb] Promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end [F] ♪
♪ To give you my [Cm] love, by your side, pretty [G] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Fm] love you and to be with you for life ♪
♪ To come on [C] home to _ [Ab] me, [Fm] _ _ [G] Charlene _ [F] ♪ _
[Gm] ♪ [Cm] _ She knows I really love this [Gm] old music [Fm] thing ♪
♪ Since I was a child, it's been my [Cm] dream ♪
♪ I can't support her, treat [Gm] her and spoil [Fm] her ♪
♪ You know about her, the finer [Gm] _ things [Cm] ♪
♪ But I forgot [D] about loving [Eb] her [F]
♪
♪ [Ab] Damn the money, diamonds and pearls ♪
♪ What [Eb] about the heartaches she had with the [Ab] babies?
♪
♪ All she needed was for me to love _ _ [Cm] her [C] ♪
♪ Sitting here waiting on you to [Cm] come home again _ _ ♪
♪ I won't leave, _
_ [D] _ promise I'll [Ab] be here till the very end ♪
♪ To give you [Gm] my love, [Cm] by your side, pretty [D] baby ♪
♪ To protect you and to [Ab] love you and to be with you for [Ab] life ♪
♪ To come on home to me, [Fm] _ _ _ _ Charlene ♪
♪ See, [Gm] whoa, _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
promise I can't [F] live without her [Gm] ♪
♪ _ God knows I need and I love [Cm] her _ ♪
♪ But you see sometimes, [F] [G] it hurts so bad ♪
♪ [C] That she's gone away, [Ab]
yeah, yeah, [Eb] yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah [Gm] ♪
♪ God knows I pray _ [Gbm] _
_ [Ab] she'll [Fm] come home one day, yeah, [Gm] yeah, yeah, [C] yeah ♪ my _ [F] life. _ _
_ Oh, [Cm] oh, oh, _ _ oh, oh, _ [F] _ oh, oh, _ [Fm] oh, _
_ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Cm] _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Fm] _ _ _
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ [Cm] oh, _ _ [Fm] _ _
_ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] oh, oh, [F] oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh,
oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, _ _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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