You Can Have Charleston

| G | Fadd9 | C/E | Cm/D# | 2x G You can have Charleston Fadd9 The cobblestone streets C/E The steeples looking down Cm/D# On the battery G The Topsails and the Clydesdales Fadd9 Pulling people all around C/E The ocean breeze and the live oak trees Cm/D# God, I'm gonna miss this town, but G You can have Charleston Fadd9 I'll pack up and leave C/E Maybe find a spot on the West Coast Cm/D# Give you lots of room to breathe G With your new life and your new love Fadd9 I won't get in your way C/E I'll just wish you well and I'll try like hell Cm/D# To smile and walk away, G From my home, my heart F Where I was born and raised C Where one day they're gonna take my body C And lay it in a grave G My soul, don't wanna go Am/C But it's got to be this way C It's gonna break my heart to say, goodbye C But it'll k**l me if I stay G So you can have Charleston Fadd9 It's really for the best C/E Girl, it's your town now Cm/D# Plus I could never rest G There're too many ghosts on this old coast Fadd9 Too many memories C/E It's where we met and we fell in love Cm/D# And where you cut me deep and you made me bleed G In my home, my heart F Where I was born and raised C Where one day they're gonna take my body C And lay it in a grave G No, my soul, don't wanna go Am/C But it's got to be this way C It's gonna break my heart to say, goodbye C But it'll k**l me if I stay | G | F | C/E | Cm/D# | Em From time to time D G I might be passing through G/B C But I promise you Cm/D# G That's all I'll do G You can have Charleston Fadd9 I'll take these broken dreams C Load 'em in up in a suitcase Cm/D# And see where it leads G I'll take 26 until I get F A million miles away C/E I'll try and start all over Cm/D# G In a brand new place F C/E Cm/D# Oh, you can have Charleston G F C/E Cm/D# Take care of Charleston, oh G F C/E Cm/D# You can have Charleston