Lambert, Hendricks & Ross

Charleston Alley(Keyboard chords)

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	        CHARLESTON ALLEY 


F6                                    Bb9                         Gm7          C7 
On the avenue, you may be havin you a solid ball, but it ain't no ball at all 
                Am7            Dm7   Gm7           C7 
Compared to the kicks when you dally in Charleston Alley 

F6                                                   Bb9 
Maybe it don't look so hot, but beleive me, it's the spot 

Where you can sure let your hair down 
Bb7                     C7 
Everything's right, And you can boogy all night- 
F6                               E7 
Say, man Charleston Alley is the play, man 
                    A7 
You can rally every cool cat on the avenue 
D7          Eb7     D7                     G7                          C7 
And they'll say its true, if you're feelin blue, this is the place for you 
   C7 
No goof and that's the truth 


  F6                                            Bb9 
I dig Charleston Alley, and I'm here t' tell ya pally, Its a place where 
        Gm7 
Life is real 
                 C7                   F6 
I'm tellin you I never found a better deal 
F6   E7    Eb7    D7   Db7   C7 
We   know  just   how  you   feel 

F6                      Bb9 
Ribs and pigs feet, the tastiest meat that you ever did eat 
      Gm7                  C7                                 F6 
And a good piano player- a plinkin' an plunkin an playin them blues 

I doubt if you'll ever be gayer 


   A7 
We know- (Tell us about what you know) 
         D13 
Where to play- (Tell us about where to go) 
          G7 
And we'll show- (You don't know what time it takes) 
        C13(b5) 
You the way (Lookin' for what shakes) 
                          F6                E7 
Well let me tell you that if you've come to dally 
Eb7            D7     Db              C7                   F6 
Dig this crazy alley, And we know its where you're goin'to move 


F6 
And this is not an idle boast 
                                        Bb9               Gm7 
Of all the many crazy alleys that we've went- Hilltop, O' Mally's 
C7                           F6 
None a' them could quite com pare with red hot Charleston Alley 
                                                           Bb9 
When you're rockin' and you're rollin to the rythym of the solid beat 
                     Gm7             C7                        F6 
You're gonna have t' stomp your feet And you're sure to hang a round 

Wiggin an' diggin the sounds 
                        Bb7                     A7 
So dig this vocal trave logue that we're singin everyone 
 Ab7                     G7        Gb7              F7              Bb6 
'bout that circle by the dark sun, Charleston Alley is the place to be 
                                                      A7 
We get our kicks from hicks who hurry and take in the great white way 
Ab7                  G7      Gb7              F7               Bb6 
We'll pick the Alley any day Charleston Alley is the place for me 
N.C. 
Better get up if you're takin a trip take a tip 

F6                                    Bb9                         Gm7 
On the avenue, you may be havin you a solid ball, but it ain't no ball 
       C7 
At all 
                Am7    D7      Gm7                 C7 
Compared to the kicks      you get from Charleston Alley 
F6                                                 Bb9 
If you should make the trip I'm pretty sure you'ld really flip 
   Gm7                    C7                     F6 
So let your cares be, and baby make it down with me... 
N.C.                 F6 ! 
To Charleston Alley
	        

Written by Horace Henderson/Jon Hendricks/Leroy Kirkland

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