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Candy Butchers – Charlie Chords on Piano & Ukulele

Updated January 8, 2026

ChordsE A B Am C#F#m C#m Am7 Dm7 C#m7 Dm F#m7 F

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INTRO:
E  A  B  E  A  Am  E  A B

VERSE:
 E       A          B     E
Charlie close your weary eyes
        A                 B
Try to sing yourself to sleep
C#             F#m
In a field of rusted wire
     B              E  A  Am  E B
The wind plays harmony

VERSE:
 E       A        B      E
Charlie lay your burden down
        A              B
As the snow begins to thaw
 C#             F#m
Everything will be revealed
      B                C#m A  Am7
Right in your own backyard

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BREAK:
             Dm7     C#m7 A
Ooh ooh ooh ooooooh ooooh
   F#m  B
I love you
Dm                   A
Ooh ooh ooh ooooooh ooooh
  F#m7    B   E  A  B
I lo-o-o-ove you
E  A  Am  E  A B

VERSE:
 E       A          B     E
Charlie close your weary eyes
       A      C#m       B
It is time to get some rest
 C#            F#m     C#m
This is not a perfect world
     B                 C#m
But you have done your best

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OUTRO:
Am
Ooh ooh ooh ooooh
A         E
Get some rest... love you
 F               A        C#m A
Ooh ooh ooh ooh oooh ooh  lo-ove

How to play Charlie: key, chords and progression

These are the chords for Charlie by Candy Butchers on Piano, Ukulele, Guitar, and Keyboard

Charlie by Candy Butchers keeps coming home to E major (four sharps: F♯, C♯, G♯, D♯). You need 13 chords: E, A, B, Am, C#, F#m, C#m, Am7, Dm7, C#m7, Dm and F#m7 and 1 more.

The progression the song keeps returning to is E – A – B – E (I – IV – V – I in E major), the I–IV–V–I, the backbone of gospel, blues and folk. In solfa, that is doh – fah – soh – doh. Learn these 4 changes first and most of the song falls into place.

Good to know: B, C#, F#m, C#m and C#m7 are the tricky part on guitar (barre or movable shapes). Slow the change down until it is clean; on piano and ukulele they are simpler.