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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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Performer Links:

(webpage)

 

Listen to the Box and Banjo Band perform "Charmaine" in 3/4 time (mp3)

 

Listen to Sean Moyses perform "Charmaine" in 4/4 time (youtube)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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email: jbott@ix.netcom.com