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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.
This song is in 3/4 waltz time.
Click here to play the chorus in 4/4 time, 8-beat intro, 4-beats per cell.
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Verse:
You went away one dreary day,
I knew you had to go.
'Mid tears and cheers,  I heard you say,
"Charmaine I love you so."
Tho' old years turn to new,
My heart keeps calling you.
 
Chorus:
"I wonder why you keep me waiting,"
Charmaine cries in vain.
"I wonder, when bluebirds are mating,
Will you come back again?
I wonder, if I keep on praying,
Will our dreams be the same.
I wonder if you ever think of me, too.
Charmaine's waiting,  just waiting for you."
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Arranged by Jim Bottorff
 
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