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CHARMAINE

Words and Music by Ernd Rapee and Lew Pollack - 1926

Verse:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	F#dim	C7	-
F	Abdim	Gm7	C7
F	F#dim	Em	A7
Dm7	G7	C     Cdim    C7	Cdim       C
Gm	D7	G7	Gm         A7
Dm	G7	C	C7+
Chorus:---------	------------------	------------------	------------------
F	-	Am	-
F	F#dim	C7	-
Gm	C7	Gm	C7
-	C7+	F	-            C7+
F	-	F7	D7
Gm	D7	Gm	Cm6       D7
Gm	Gdim	F	D7
G7	C7	F	-  (C7+  to chorus)

12-beat intro.  Play 3-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

Note: This song is in 3/4 waltz time.

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Verse:

You went a - way one drear - y day,

I knew you had to go.

'Mid tears and cheers,  I heard you say,

"Char -maine I love you so."

Tho' old years turn to new,

My heart keeps call - ing you.

 

Chorus:

"I won - der why you keep me wait -ing,"

Char -maine cries in vain.

"I won - der, when blue - birds are mat - ing,

Will you come back a - gain?

I won - der, if I keep on pray - ing,

Will our dreams be the same.

I won - der if you ev - er think of me, too.

Char - maine's wait - ing,  just wait - ing for you."

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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