Company C

     A
On a street corner in Pittsburgh, PA
          D
There’s a tough Irish boy with no dreams
                       A
But to be King for one day
         D
And he’s schooled by the older ones
                                    A
With lessons and the conduct of the streets
           E                D
He’s got a mean right cross
                  A
And a devastating left hook
            A
He likes to drink and he likes to fight
         D
He likes poppin’ pills and Du-Op
                                A
and the boulevard on a Saturday night
         D
And he’s going no where fast
                                 A
you know he’s happy just staying alive
            E               D
But you can always count on Charlie
                          A
To be there if you needed him
     A
In a courtroom on a December’s day
    D
The judge said look here son
If you wanna play
                     A
You’re gonna have to pay
          D
See these rules that you life by
                           A
Don’t exist in a civilized world.
     E                D           A
So I offer you prison, or Vietnam.
         A
You know Charlie, he’s kinda crazy
        D
He just stood there looked at me,
                                     A
Looked at the judge, straight in the eyes
         D
Said I’d love to fight your honor
                                 A
And you know I’ve got nothing to lose
   E                  D        A
So send me off to war, I don’t mind.
   A
He spent two years
Learning weapons of death
      D
And a year in the jungle
                                     A
Like an animal where it's kill or be killed
        D
And the right amount of heroin
                           A
Really seems the quiet the bombs
        E         D                   A
Back in Pittsburgh, things are rather calm
    A
Now Charlie, he is my friend
          D
Taught me how to hold my head up
                           A
Told me soon that I’d be a man
          D
Says that Agent Orange is calling
                                   A
And the doctors have done all they can
     E                  D
Well Charlie, I’m gonna miss you
             A
after you’re gone
     E                  D
Well Charlie, I’m gonna miss you
             A
after you’re gone
     E                  D
Well Charlie, I’m gonna miss you
             A
after you’re gone