Charlemagne chords by John Cale
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Verse 1
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) The
(D major) manager
is waiting (G major) to be paid (D major) (G major)
(D major) Along with priests and
deacons (G major) of his court (D major)
(G major) A (D major) quartermaster, quite a man,
a (G major) mistress of the line
Has found a last cent avenue of pain
(D major)
Verse 2
(G major) A (D major) Mardi Gras just passed this
(G major) way a while (D major) ago (G major)
(D major) Making hungry people of us (G major) all (D major) (G major)
(D major) Along the Mississippi (G major) you can
hear the fiddlers play
Fandangos and boleros to the lord
(D major)
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Verse 3
(G major)
Many times, (D major) many tried,
(G major) Simple stories are the be (D major) st (G major)
Keep in mind, (A major) the wishful kind,
(G major) Don't want to be like all
the rest.
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Verse 4
(D major) My uncle was a vicar (G major) in
the big (D major) parade (G major)
(D major) Selling fountain pens that (G major) never write (D major) (G major)
(D major) San Sebastian gamblers
(G major) never cheat nor lie
They know good fences
make (D major) good neighbours
Verse 5
(A major) I wish I knew what time of (G major) year it was (A major) What kind of people will be there (G major) (A major) When gruesome tales of two (G major) cities ran Running all the way Father might (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) have heard his pray (G major) ers were
(D major) answered (G major) (D major) Inhibitions all the way (G major) from home (D major) (G major) (D major) Consider now,
consider then (G major) before the deed is done The blood of consolation runs so true (D major) (G major) Many times, (D major) many tried, (G major) Simple stories are the be (D major) st (G major) Keep in mind, the (A major) wishful kind, (G major) Don't want to be like all the rest.
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Charlemagne
John Cale
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