Charleston with Verse
Lyrics - Cecil  Mack aka Robert McPherson
Key: F
Music - Jimmy (JP) Johnson
Copyright 1923

Chords and Lyrics Provided by Judy Muldawer
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File Created 09/29/2015
File Edited 09/23/2021

Verse:

Dm         Gm
Caro-lina, Caro-lina,
   Dm                   A7     Dm   A7
At last they've got you on the map,
Dm               Gm
With a new tune, funny blue tune,
E7              A7
With a peculiar snap!

   C7                 F
Youmay not be able to buck or wing,
A7                    Dm
Foxtrot, two-step, or even sing;
       C            Adim   C       Adim
If you ain't got re-ligion in your feet,
        G7                 C  G7 C7
You can do this prance and do it neat.

Chorus:

F           A7
Charleston! Charleston!
D7
Made in Carolina!
G7          C7
Some dance, some prance
F   BdimC7
I'llsay there's nothing finer than the

F           A7
Charleston, Charleston,
D7
Lord how you can shuffle;
Am                 E7
Every step you do, leads to something new.
Am                   C7
Man I'm telling you, it's a lapazoo!

F           A7
Buck dance, Wing dance
D7
Will be a back number;
        G7
But the Charles-ton,
        C7
The new Charles-ton,
F    Bdim     C7
That dance is surely a comer.

F         F7              Bb
Sometime, you'll dance it one time,
Bbm6              F       Bdim
That dance called Charles-ton,
C7                 F     BdimGm7C7
Made in South Caro-line!

Chorus repeat:

End Chords:

FDbdimF6
  


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