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Joe Offer Lyr Add: Charlie In The Meadow (John Conolly) (10) Lyr Add: Charlie In The Meadow (John Conolly) 28 Mar 25


I came across this song here: https://tabs.ultimate-guitar.com/tab/john-conolly/charlie-in-the-meadow-chords-3813497

CHARLIE IN THE MEADOW
(John Conolly)

[Verse 1]

G             D
Charlie Is A Funny Kid
       G                   C
You’ll Hear The Neighbours Say
    Am            C
And You Will Never Find Him
D             D                     D
Where The Other Children Play
    G            D
For Charlie Is A Solitary
G             C
Kind Of Little Boy
    Am             C
The Flowers Are His Playmates
       D             D
And The Earth His Only Toy

[Chorus 1]

Am                D
By The Flickering Television
Am             D
Stands A Vacant Chair
Am                  D
There’s An All Star Show Tonight
Am                  C
But Charlie Doesn’t Care
G             D
And In The Misty Meadow
          G      C
Where The Daisies Blow
C          Am          C   D7   G
Charlie Is Watching The Flowers Grow

[Verse 2]

G               D
Charlie watches life goes by
    G             C
And dreams a sunny dream
   Am                C
of field mice in the meadow
            D             D
grass and tadpoles in the stream
    G             D
He listens for the cuckoo chimes
G                      C
and hears the blackbird songs
    Am             C
for Charlie's got a feeling
       D                D
that they won't be with us long...

[Chorus 2]

Am                D
By The Flickering Television
Am             D
Stands A Vacant Chair
Am                  D
There’s An All Star Show Tonight
Am                  C
But Charlie Doesn’t Care
G             D
And In The Misty Meadow
          G          C
Where The moonlight glows
C          Am          C   D7   G
Charlie Is Watching The Flowers Grow

[Verse 3]

G                  D
Charlie's kingdom vanishes
G            C
A little every day
   Am                C
the countryside is shrinking
D                   D
the mice have moved away
G                   D
fields and flowers disappear
   G             C
Before the hand of man
    Am               C
And Charlie wants to see them all
    D                  D
and touch them while he can...

[Chorus 3]

Am                D
By The Flickering Television
Am             D
Stands A Vacant Chair
Am                  D
There’s An All Star Show Tonight
Am                  C
But Charlie Doesn’t Care
G             D
And In The Misty Meadow
          G         C
Where The stars hang low
C          Am          C   D7   G
Charlie Is Watching The Flowers Grow


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