Charmaine

Words & Music by Erno Rapee & Lew Pollack*
Recorded by Harry James, 1944
From the movie "Two Girls And A Sailor"


D7  G    D7  Am7 G5   G6     Bm7    Am7
"I won - der why you keep me wait - ing,"

 D7     G   G/F#  Em7  Fdim  D7
Char - maine     cries  in  vain.

   Am7alt  Am7/6  Am7 D7sus4   D7  D7/9 Am7    D7
"I  won  -  der  when  blue - birds are  ma - ting,

     Am7      D+5       G      D9  Am7  D7
Will you come back a - gain?

D7  G    D7 Am7 G5  G6    Bm7-5   E7
I  won - der if  I keep on pray - ing,

     Am7        E7      Am    Am+7
Will our dreams be the same?

  C           Cm7-5          G       F7 E7-9
I won - der if you  ev - er think of me, too?

Bm7-5   E7     Gdim    A7  Gdim  D9    Am7  D7  G    
Char - maine's wait - ing, just wait - ing for you."



D7 G    D7  Am7 G5   G6     Bm7    Am7
I won - der why you keep me wait - ing, 

D7     G   G/F#  Em7 Fdim    D7
Char - maine,    my  Char - maine.

  Am7alt  Am7/6  Am7 D7sus4   D7  D7/9 Am7    D7
I  won -   der  when  blue - birds are  ma - ting,

     Am7      D+5       G      D9  Am7  D7
Will you come back a - gain?

D7  G    D7 Am7 G5  G6    Bm7-5   E7
I  won - der if  I keep on pray - ing,

     Am7        E7      Am    Am+7
Will our dreams be the same?

  C           Cm7-5          G       F7 E7-9
I won - der if you  ev - er think of me, too?

Bm7-5 E7 Gdim   A7  Gdim  D9     Am7   D7   G
 I    am wait - ing, my  Char - maine, for you.

*This song was originally written for a silent movie called "What Price Glory," so the public was merrily humming along with it for years before it was recorded. Mantovani had a popular hit with it in 1951, as well.

The lyric and guitar chord transcriptions on this site are the work of The Guitarguy and are intended for private study, research, or educational purposes only. Individual transcriptions are inspired by and and based upon the recorded versions cited, but are not necessarily exact replications of those recorded versions.