Chords with lyrics
Capo 1st fret
Chords: A, D, E MajorE (Chords relative to capo)
Main riff:
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E MajorE|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
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On a street corner in Pittsburgh, PA
D MajorD
There?s a tough Irish boy with no dreams
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But to be King for one day
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And he?s schooled by the older ones
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With lessons and the conduct of the streets
E MajorE D MajorD
He?s got a mean right cross
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And a devastating left hook
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He likes to drink and he likes to fight
D MajorD
He likes poppin? pills and Du-Op
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and the boulevard on a Saturday night
D MajorD
And he?s going no where fast
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you know he?s happy just staying alive
E MajorE D MajorD
But you can always count on Charlie
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To be there if you needed him
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In a courtroom on a December?s day
D MajorD
The judge said look here son
If you wanna play
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You?re gonna have to pay
D MajorD
See these rules that you life by
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Don?t exist in a civilized world.
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So I offer you prison, or Vietnam.
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You know Charlie, he?s kinda crazy
D MajorD
He just stood there looked at me,
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Looked at the judge, straight in the eyes
D MajorD
Said I?d love to fight your honor
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And you know I?ve got nothing to lose
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So send me off to war, I don?t mind.
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He spent two years
Learning weapons of death
D MajorD
And a year in the jungle
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Like an animal where it's kill or be killed
D MajorD
And the right amount of heroin
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Really seems the quiet the bombs
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA
Back in Pittsburgh, things are rather calm
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Now Charlie, he is my friend
D MajorD
Taught me how to hold my head up
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Told me soon that I?d be a man
D MajorD
Says that Agent Orange is calling
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And the doctors have done all they can
E MajorE D MajorD
Well Charlie, I?m gonna miss you
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after you?re gone
E MajorE D MajorD
Well Charlie, I?m gonna miss you
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after you?re gone
E MajorE D MajorD
Well Charlie, I?m gonna miss you
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