CHARLIE’S COCKTAIL BAR (by Mama Shakers, written by Angela Strandberg)
[Intro]
Eb Bb Eb Eb7 Ab G7 Bb7Sometimes the days are weary and blue, but don’t you hang down your head.
Eb Bb Eb Eb7 Ab G7 Eb7I know how it feels, but I found a new thing to pick me up; that will do.
Fm Bb Eb7 Fm Bb EbA secret place to get enchanted, wash all your troubles at the Go of the past.
Fm Bb Eb D7 Fm Bb Eb BbShake it away, maybe find some romance, and lose the sense of time.
[Verse 1]
Eb D7 Eb C7There’s a honky-tonk by a lonesome road, just show how vast you are.
Fm Bb Eb Cm F Bb7Ask the lady behind the desk at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
Eb D7 Eb C7She does magic potions, some colored dark, served in mysterious jars.
Fm Bb Eb Cm F Bb EbAll your troubles are going to spill at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
Ab Abm Eb Eb7Hokus pokus might be boggling, but some say they actually cure.
Ab Abm F Bb7No more sorrow from tomorrow; happy-go-lucky on shore.
Eb D7 Eb C7She might be a witch, but she knows a star makes you fly with the stars.
Fm Ab Eb C F Bb Eb BbShe will put you in a trance; you won’t have a worry then, at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
[Verse 2]
Eb D7 Eb C7 clarinet
Fm Bb Eb Cm F7 Bb7 clarinet
Eb D7 Eb C7 trumpet
Fm Bb Eb Cm F Bb Eb trumpet
Ab Abm Eb Eb7 clarinet
Ab Abm F Bb7 trumpet
Eb D7 Eb C7 clarinet + trumpet
Fm Ab Eb C F Bb Eb Bb clarinet + trumpet
[Bridge]
Eb Bb Eb Eb7 Ab G7 Bb7 banjo + guitar
Eb Bb Eb Eb7 Ab G7 Eb7 banjo + guitar
Fm Bb Eb Fm Bb Eb bass
Fm Bb7 Eb D7 Ab Bb Eb Bb bass
[Verse 3]
Eb D7 Eb C7There’s a honky-tonk by a lonesome road, just show how vast you are.
Fm Bb Eb Cm F Bb7Ask the lady behind the desk at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
Eb D7 Eb CShe does magic potions, some colored dark, served in mysterious jars.
Fm Bb Eb Cm F7 Bb7 EbAll your troubles are going to spill at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
Ab Abm Eb Eb7Hokus pokus might be boggling, but some say they actually cure.
Ab Abm F Bb7No more sorrow from tomorrow; happy-go-lucky on shore.
Eb D7 Eb C7She might be a witch, but she knows a star makes you fly with the stars.
Fm Ab Eb C F7 Bb7 Eb CShe will put you in a trance; you won’t have a worry then, at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar,
[Coda]
F Bb Eb C F F7at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar, at Charlie’s,
Ab F Bb Ebat Charlie’s, at Charlie’s Cocktail Bar.
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