Charley, My Boy

by The Andrew Sisters, Louis Prima · posted by waltp

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+: Blow note
−: Draw note
b or ': Half-step bend
bb or '': Two half-step bend
bbb or ''': Three half-step bend
(###): Chord — relevant hole numbers in parentheses
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Tab

CHARLEY, MY BOY
By: Gus Kahn & Ted Fiorito
The Andrew Sisters, Louis Prima
Key: C

 3   -3  -4  4
Char-ley my boy, 
6   -5   5  -4 -3
oh Char-ley my boy 
 6    -5   5    6   -5   5
You thrill me, you chill me 
 6    -5   5  -4 -3
with shiv-ers of joy
  3    -3   3    -4 -3 
You've got that kind a, 
 4  -4  -5  -4 -3 3
sort a, bit of a way 
 3    -3   3     4   -4
That makes me, takes me, 
 -5  5   6     5  -3  3
tell me what shall I say? 
 3   -3  -4   5
And when we dance 
6  -5  5   -4    -3
I read in your glance 
  6   -5  5   6  -5 5
Whole pag-es and ag-es 
6   -5   5  -3   5
of love and ro-mance 

 -5*  -5* 5  5  3* 3*
They tell me Ro-me-o 
-3*  5    5* -5* 3*
was some lov-er too 
 6   6  5    5     -3
But boy he should have 
-3  3  -2*  -3   6   -5
tak-en les-sons from you 
 3   -3  -4   5
You seem to start 
  6   -5  -4   4    -3
where oth-ers get through 
6   -3   3   -3  4
Oh Char-ley, my boy.

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