Chords for CHARLENE "I'VE NEVER BEEN TO ME" 1982 (original 77' recording)

_ [F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey [Eb] lady, you lady, [Bb] _ cursing at your [Gm] [Bb] life _ [Cm] You're a _ [F] discontented mother _ [Gm] and a rich invented
[A] _
[Gm] [Eb] wife _ I've no [F] doubt you dream [Bb] about the [Dm] [Gm] things you'll
never do [C] But I wish someone had to talk to me [Eb] like
I want to talk to [F] you _ [Bb] I've been to [F] Georgia and California [Gm] and
anywhere I [Dm] could run _ [Eb] Took the hand [Bb] of a preacher man [Cm] and we made
love in [F] the sun But I [Bb] ran out of places [F] and friendly faces
[Gm] because I had to be [Dm] free [Eb] I've _ been [Gm] to paradise but [Eb] I've never [Bb] been
to [F] me _
[Eb] _ [Bb] _ [F] Please [Gm] _ [F] _ _
lady, [Eb] _ please [Bb] lady, don't just [Gm] walk
_ away [Cm] Cause I have this need to [F] tell you [Gm] why I'm
all alone [A] today [Gm] _ _ [Eb] I can see [F] so much of me [Bb] still living in [Gm] your
[Bb] eyes [C] Won't you share a part of a weary heart [Eb] that
has lived a million lies [F] Oh, [Bb] I've been to Nice [F] and the Isle of Greece
[Gm] while I sipped champagne on [Dm] a yacht _ [Eb] I moved like Harlow [Bb] and Monte Carlo [Cm] and showed
them what [F] I've _ been [Bb] I've been dressed by kings [F] and I've seen some
things [Gm] that a woman _
_ [Dm] must see [Eb] I've [Gm] been to paradise but [Cm] I've never been
[Bb] to me _ _ [F] _ Hey, you [Eb] know what paradise is?
[F] It's a lie, a fantasy [Bb] we create about people and places [F] as we like them to be
But [Eb] you know what truth is?
It's that [F] little baby you're holding and it's
[Bb] that man you fought with this morning, [F] the same one you're going to make love [Eb] with tonight
That's [F] truth, that's love
[Cm]
[F] Sometimes [Bb] I've been to crying [F] for unborn children [Gm] that might have made [Dm] me complete _
[Eb] But I took the sweet [Bb] life and never knew [Cm] I'd be bitter from the [F] sweet
I spent [Bb] my life exploring [F] the subtle whoring [Gm] that costs too much to [Dm] be free
Hey, may [Eb] have been [Bb] to paradise [Eb] _ _ but [Bb] _ _ _
[Cm] I've never _ [Eb] been [Bb] _
to me
[F] _ _ _
[Gm] ee ee ee ee [Dm] ee ee ee ee ee ee ee
[Eb] I've been [Bb] to paradise
[Cm] _
_ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] I've been to [F] Georgia, London, Florida, [Gm] LA, New Zealand
[Dm] I've _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ been to [Bb]
paradise
_ [Cm] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
I've been to Sydney, New [F] Zealand, _ Bruce, [Gm] Venice, New Jersey, Sydney, [Dm] and New York
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Cm] _ _ [N] _