Chords for CHARLENE - I've Never been To Me

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_ Hey lady, [Eb] you [Bb] lady, cursing at [Gm] your [Bb] life
[Cm] You're a discontented [F] mother [Gm] and a rich invented wife
[Eb] I've no doubt [F] you dream about [Bb] the things you'll [Gm] never do
But [C] I wish someone had to talk to me like [Eb] I want to talk to you
[F] [Bb] I've been to Georgia [F] and California [Gm] and anywhere [Dm] I could run
[Eb] Took the hand of [Bb] a preacher, met an [Cm] enemy, made [Eb] love in [F] the sun
But I [Bb] ran out of places [F] and friendly faces [Gm] because I had to [Dm] be free
[Eb] I've been [Gm] to paradise but [Eb] I've [Bb] never been to [F]
[Eb] me
[Bb] [Gm] Please [F] lady, [Eb] please lady, [Bb] don't [Gm] just walk away
[Cm] Cause I have this need to [F] tell you [Gm] why I'm all alone [C] today
[Gm] [Eb] I can see [F] so much of me [Bb] still living in [Gm] your eyes
Won't [C] you share a part of a weary heart [Eb] that has lived a million lives?
[F] Oh, [Bb] I've been to Nice [F] and the Isle of Greece while [Gm] I sip champagne on [Dm] a yacht
[Eb] I moved like Harlem [Bb] to Carlo [Cm] and showed them what [F] I've got
I've been [Bb] undressed by kings and [F] I've seen some things that [Gm] I wasn't supposed [Dm] to see
[Gm] I've been to paradise but [Cm] I've never been to [Bb] me
_ [F] [Bb] Hey, you know [Eb] what paradise is?
It's [F] a lie
A fantasy [Bb] we create about people and places as [F] we like them to be
But [Eb] you know what truth is?
It's that [F] little baby you're holding
And it's [Bb] that man you fought with this morning
[F] The same one you're going to make love [Eb] with tonight
That's [F] truth, that's love
[F] Sometimes [Bb] I've been to crying [F] for unborn children [Gm] that [Dm] aren't bleached
[Eb] But I, I took the sweet [Bb] life I never knew [Cm] I'd be bitter from [F] the sweet
I spent [Bb] my life exploring [F] the subtle whoring [Gm] that costs too much to [Dm] be free
Hey, lady, [Eb] I've [Bb] been to paradise [Eb] _ _ [Bb]
[Cm] but I've [Eb] never been [Bb] to [F] me _
[Gm] _ _ [Dm] _ _ [Eb] I've [Bb] been to paradise
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