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[Intro] | G | Fadd9 | C/E | Cm/D# | 2x [Verse 1]
You can haveG Charleston Fadd9 The cobblestone streets C/E The steeples looking down OnCm/D# the battery The TGopsails and the Clydesdales Pulling pFadd9eople all around The C/Eocean breeze and the live oak trees God,Cm/D# I'm gonna miss this town, but You can haveG Charleston Fadd9 I'll pack up and leave Maybe fC/Eind a spot on the West Coast Give youCm/D# lots of room to breathe With your nGew life and your new love I wFadd9on't get in your way I'll just wC/Eish you well and I'll try like hell Cm/D# To smile and walk away,
[Chorus]
From mGy home, my heart Where FI was born and raised Where one dCay they're gonna take my body And lCay it in a grave My sGoul, don't wanna go But it's gAm/Cot to be this way It's gonna brCeak my heart to say, goodbye But it'll kCill me if I stay
[Verse 2]
So you can haveG Charleston Fadd9 It's really for the best C/E Girl, it's your town now PlusCm/D# I could never rest There're too mGany ghosts on this old coast Too mFadd9any memories It's whC/Eere we met and we fell in love And where you cCm/D#ut me deep and you made me bleed
[Chorus]
In mGy home, my heart Where FI was born and raised Where one dCay they're gonna take my body And lCay it in a grave No, my sGoul, don't wanna go But it's gAm/Cot to be this way It's gonna brCeak my heart to say, goodbye But it'll kCill me if I stay
[Solo] | G | F | C/E | Cm/D# | [Bridge]
From tEmime to time I mDight be pGassing through BG/But I prComise you That's Cm/D#all I'll do G
[Verse 3]
You can haveG Charleston Fadd9 I'll take these broken dreams C Load 'em in up in a suitcase Cm/D# And see where it leads
[Chorus]
I'll take 2G6 until I get A mFillion miles away C/E I'll try and start all over In a brCm/D#and new place G Oh,F you can haveC/E Charleston Cm/D# Take care ofG Charleston,F oh C/E Cm/D# You can haveG Charleston F C/E Cm/D#