Jesse Welles – Charlie (Guitar)

D Tuning (D-G-C-F-A-D)
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As recorded by Jesse Welles (2025 release) Tune down one whole step (DGCFAD). To play in standard tuning transpose -2 steps. This song has a non-standard frequency tuning. You might find it easier to play along if your guitar is tuned to 448 Hz. [Verse 1]
               G
For all of the bile

G
The bold talk

G
The venom

G
The hate and the lies

                  C
No one should get killed

C
No blood should be spilled

C
Charlie shouldn't have died

         D                                                 Em
Well you can't hate the gun and love the gun that shot yer rival

    Bm                                 C
You can't be kind and wish hate upon a child

                  G
Everybody's gotta say

                        C
What they're needing to say

   G                          C
As soon as they're needing to say it

               G
The freedom to speak

        C
To be a freak

                   D
And the freedom to say you hate it

D
And have a big ole conversation
[Chorus]
        Em
I heard laughing

            A7
I heard glee

                      C
But it coulda been you

Em             G
It coulda been me
[Interlude] C G C [Verse 2]
                G
Out in the bloodshed everyone loses

G
There's unforgettable scars

           C
Out in the bloodshed permanent bruises

C
Shapes up who you are

         D
Children left to wander America aimless

       Em
With a firebrand of resent

          Bm
Wondering who it is took my daddy

       C
With a destiny of revenge

           G                     C   G
Out in the bloodshed the cycle begins

              C
And everyone dies

         G                              C
Spin the wheel, if you don't get killed

            D
You'll wind up dead inside
[Chorus]
        Em
I heard laughing

        A7
I heard glee

                   C
But it coulda been you

Em             G
It coulda been me
[Outro] C G C G