Charlie Freak chords by Walter Becker, Donald Fagen

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Charlie Freak had but one thing
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to  call his own
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Three weight ounce pure golden
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ring no  precious stone
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Five nights without a bite
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No place to lay his head
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And if

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nobody takes him in

He'll soon be dead

On the street he spied my face

I heard him hail

In our plot of frozen space he

told his tale

Poor man, he showed

Verse 3
his hand
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So righteous was his need
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And me so wise I  bought his prize
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For chicken feed
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Verse 4
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Newfound cash soon begs to smash
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a state of mind
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Close inspection fast revealed
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his favorite kind
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Poor kid, he overdid
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Embraced the spreading haze

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And while he sighed his body died

In fif teen ways

Verse 6
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When I  heard I  grabbed a cab to
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where he lay
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'Round his arm the plastic tag
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read D.O.A.
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Yes Jack, I gave it back
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The ring I  could not own