You Can Have Charleston Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C]
[Cm][G][C]
[Cm]

[Verse 1]
You can [G]have
Charleston
The cobblestone [Em]streets
The steeples looking down
[G]On [Eb]the Battery
[Cm]The Topsails[G] and the Clydesdales
Pulling [F]people [G]all around
The [Em]ocean breeze and the live oak trees
[C]God, [Eb]I'm gonna miss [Cm]this town, but

[Verse 2]
You can [G]have [Dm]Charleston
[F]I'll pack up and leave
Maybe [Em]find a spot on the West Coast
[C]Giv[Eb]e you lots of room to [Cm]breathe
With your new [G]life and your new love
I [F]won't get [G]in [F]your way
I'll just [C]wish you well and I'll try like [Em]hell
[Eb]To smile and walk away, fr[Cm]om

[Verse 3]
My [G]home, my heart
Where [F]I was born and raised
Where one [C]day they're
gonna take my body
And lay it in a grave
My [G]soul, don't wanna go
But it's [Dm]got to be this way
It's gonna [C]break my heart to say,
goodbye
But it'll kill me if I stay

[Verse 4]
So you can [G]have Charleston
[F]It's really for the[Em] best
Girl, it's your town now
Plus [Eb]I could never rest
[Cm]There're too many [G]ghosts
on this old coast
Too [F]many [G]memor[F]ies
It's [C]where we met and we fell in love
And where you [Cm]cut me deep
and you made me bleed

[Verse 5]
My [G]home, my heart
Where [F]I was born and raised
Where one [C]day they're
gonna take my body
And lay it in a grave
No, my [G]soul, don't wanna go
But it's [Dm]got to be this way
It's gonna [C]break my heart to say,
goodbye
But it'll kill me if I stay
[G][F][C]

[Verse 6]
[Cm]
From [Em]time to time
I [D]might be [G]passing through
But I prom[C]ise you
[Cm]That's all I'll do
[G]

[Verse 7]
You can have Charleston
I'll take these broken [Dm]dreams[G]
[C]Load 'em in up in a suitcase
[Cm]And see where it leads
I'll [G]take 26 until I get
A [F]million miles away
[C]I'll try and start all over
In a [Cm]brand [Eb]new p[Cm]lace, [G]oh[F]
You can [C]have [Eb]Charleston[Cm]
Take care [G]of Charleston,
[F]oh[C][Eb][Cm]
You can [G]have Charleston
[G][Em]