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Charlie

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Tempo 80 BPMVol

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Song - Charlie
Artist - Colin Meloy
Album - Colin Meloy Sings Trad. Arr. Shirley Collins
Standard Tuning - EADGBE
This is my first tab ever. And it's not really a tab, it's just chords. So...sorry. 
right though. I don't know how to play banjo though, so good
luck with that.
Everytime I say F#m, Colin plays an open E on the first beat and hammers onto the F#. 
to the song to figure it out, but it sounds fine if you don't do
it.
e|E---F#m2-2-|
B|---2-2-|
G|---2-2-|
D|---4-4-|
A|---4-4-|
E|-0-2-2-|
Intro: F#m  
COLIN: F#mOh Charlie's neat, Charlie's sweet
ECharlie he's a C#7dandy
And F#meverytime he Agoes to town
He Ebrings me sugar F#mcandy

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Charlie

by Colin Meloy

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F#m

C#7

Song - Charlie

Artist - Colin Meloy

Album - Colin Meloy Sings Trad. Arr. Shirley Collins

Standard Tuning - EADGBE

This is my first tab ever. And it's not really a tab, it's just chords. So...sorry.

right though. I don't know how to play banjo though, so good

luck with that.

Everytime I say F#m, Colin plays an open E on the first beat and hammers onto the F#.

to the song to figure it out, but it sounds fine if you don't do

it.

E F#m

e|---2-2-|

B|---2-2-|

G|---2-2-|

D|---4-4-|

A|---4-4-|

|-0-2-2-|

F#m

Intro:

F#m

COLIN: Oh Charlie's neat, Charlie's sweet

E C#7

Charlie he's a dandy

F#m A

And everytime he goes to town

E F#m

He brings me sugar candy

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