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Charleston

Words and Music by Cecil Mack and James P. Johnson - 1923

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
Am        Am7	Am6	Dm       E7	Am
-            Am7	Am6	B7	E          G7
-	C	E7	Am
G          Gdim	G        Em	D7	G7
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
C	E7	A7	-
D7	G7	Am7	G7
C	E7	A7	D9
G	B7	E7	G7
C	E7	A7	-
D7	G7	Am7	G7
Am	C7	F	D7
Am7	G7	C	-    (G7 to chorus)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Verse:

Car - o - lin - a, Car - o - lin - a,  At last they've got you on the map,

With a new tune, Fun - ny blue tune,  With a pe - cu - liar snap!

You may not be a - ble to buck or wing,  Fox - trot, two - step, or e - ven sing,

If you ain't got re - li - gion, in your feet,  You can do this prance and do it neat.

 

Chorus:

Charles - ton! Charles - ton! Made in Car - o - lin - a,

Some dance, Some prance, I'll say, There's noth - ing fin - er than the

Charles - ton, Charles - ton, Lord how you can shuf - fle,

Ev - 'ry step you do, Leads to some - thing new, Man I'm tell - ing you, It's a la - pa - zoo.

Buck dance, Wing dance, Will be a back num - ber, But the

Charles - ton, the new Charles - ton, That dance is sure - ly a com - er.

Some time,  You'll dance it one time, The dance called the

Charles - ton,  Made in South Car - o - line.

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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