Charlotte Street chords by 
Lloyd Cole & The Commotions 
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Key: A major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I was looking
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for a rhyme for the new york times
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When I sensed I was not alone
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She said d'you know how
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to spell auda ciously
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I could tell I was in luck
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And so I forced a smile
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contrary to my style
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And she looked into my eye s
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She said d'you want to go heav en
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Or would you rather not be saved
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Here comes my train
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I'm on my way, will you not see
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I don't need your sympathy
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I won't read your poetry,
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oh sweetness please
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So she took me back to
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her basement flat
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Which was down on charlotte street
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Though it was never my inten tion
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We were not intense, not least because
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Well if you must just take then
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I'm a piece of cake
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That is what she said to me
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And so I gave myself to her charity
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Well at least that's how it seemed
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Here comes my train
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I'm on my way, what got into me
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I don't need your sympath y
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I won't read your poetry, oh
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bittersweets
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I was looking for a rhyme for the new
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times when I was dis tracted
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Yes those were precious times
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togeth er that we wasted
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Now I'm working hard for my union card
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I must be lieve in charlotte street
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Though it was never my inten
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tion to stay so long
Outro 1
So long
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsA E Bm F#m G...
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Bm
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D
Capo: 2
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