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CHARLIE AIN'T HOME - ZZ Ward
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Tabbed by:Chloered
Tuning: Standard Tuning
She plays all her chords as bar chords! Makes it much easier to move around them.
Intro/Verses: (These are triplets played on beat one. For those of you who don't know,
triplets are just three notes
played on one beat. Counted "trip-uh-let")
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|----8----------------4--------------|
D|------------------------------------|
A|------9-----------------5-----------|
E|--7--------------3------------------|
Solo: (I haven't figured this out yet but you can just play the bass part and it sounds pretty good)
e|------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------|
G|------------------------------------| (Repeat 4 times)
D|-----------7----7-------------------|
A|---9---9-5----------7----7---5------|
E|-7----------------5--------3--------|
Lyrics and Chords:
Verse 1:
B
Golden honey drippin' from this house,
G
Black stilettos on a leather couch,
B
Apple jeans stickin' tight like glue,
G
Soakin' wet, drink it up like juice,
B
Come on, come on, come on,
G
Come on, come on, come on,
Chorus:
B D A G
Lay me down on sheets of cotton, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
You make me feel like I could fly, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
Headlights on the bedpost, we ain't stoppin', no, no,
B D A
If you forgot, I'll tell you why,
G
'Cause Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
Verse 2:
B
I dig my fingertips into your back,
G
Till the pictures break and the floorboards crack,
B
Oh, my tongue is a silver key,
G
Swimmin' deep in a sinner's sea,
B
Come on, come on, come on,
G
Come on, come on, come on,
Chorus:
B D A G
Lay me down on sheets of cotton, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
You make me feel like I could fly, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
Headlights on the bedpost, we ain't stoppin', no, no,
B D A
If you forgot, I'll tell you why,
G
'Cause Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
Bridge:
E
Oh, Charlie, Charlie,
Bm
Please let that boy go, darlin',
A G
It wasn't his fault, it was mine,
E
Oh, Charlie, Charlie,
Bm
He didn't know no better,
A F#m
I should have listened, you were right,
[Guitar Solo]
Chorus:
B D A G
Lay me down on sheets of cotton, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
You make me feel like I could fly, whoa, whoa,
B D A G
Headlights on the bedpost, we ain't stoppin', no, no,
B D A
If you forgot, I'll tell you why,
G
'Cause Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
B D A
Ooh, ooh, ooh,
G
Charlie ain't home,
