Artist: Statler Brothers | Song: Charlotte's Web

Artist/Band: Statler Brothers Tabs
Song: Charlotte's Web Tab

Charlotte�s Web (recorded key of F major)  -  The Statler Brothers (Smokey And The Bandit II)


*** CAPO 5 ***    *** lead, tenor, & harmony vocals are marked in parentheses above chords ***
                  *** keyboard and steel guitar riffs tabbed for guitar RELATIVE TO CAPO 5 ***

Instrumental 1 - keyboards                      Instrumental 2 - steel   Instrumental 3 - steel
   G A G~~  A G  A G~~   G A G~~  A G  A G~~      A  Bb A  Bb A  Bb~~      E F E F E F~~
e---------------------|---------------------|  e---------------------|  e---------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|  B--10b11r10b11r10b11~~|  B--5b6r5b6r5b6~~|
G---------------------|---------------------|  G---------------------|  G---------------|
D--5h7p5~~--7p5--7p5~~|--5h7p5~~--7p5--7p5~~|  D---------------------|  D---------------|
A---------------------|---------------------|  A---------------------|  A---------------|
E---------------------|---------------------|  E---------------------|  E---------------|

Instrumental 2 - keyboards
   A G A~~  G A  G A~~   G F G~~  F G  F G~~   A G A~~  G A  G A~~   G~  G F~  F E~  E D~  C~~
e---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
B---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
G---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|
D--7p5h7~~--5h7--5h7~~|--5p3h5~~--3h5--3h5~~|--7p5h7~~--5h7--5h7~~|--5~--5-3~--3-2~--2--------|
A---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|--------------------5~--3~~|
E---------------------|---------------------|---------------------|---------------------------|

Intro
Instrumental 1 keyboards w/[C  Cmaj7  C] - 2 times

Verse 1
(             lead vocals              )
C          C/B       Am          Am7
Spend� the night� in Charlotte's bed�
(              lead vocals              )
    F         C         F           C    [Cmaj7  C]
You might get caught in Charlotte's web�
(     lead with tenor harmony     )
  F                  C
A satin rose� that's growin� wild�
(           lead with tenor harmony           )
Dm                                      G      G7
Charlotte holds� more secrets� than the night�
 
Verse 2
(       lead with tenor harmony        )
She spins� and weaves� her magic spell�
(       lead with tenor harmony          )
Her body speaks� what� words cain't tell�
(       lead vocals        )
I'm a moth�  she's a flame�
(       lead vocals             )( 4 part harmony   )
In a town� that's all too quick�  to smear her name�
 
Chorus 1 (4 part harmony)
         C         F        C          F       C     [Cmaj7  C]
But I'll take� the likes of Charlotte� and her kind�
C          F           C                            Bb
Small town talk� don't matter now� that Charlotte's mine�
   F       Em         Dm    Dm7       Fm
It may be� true� that other men� have found her bed�
    G        F          Em         Dm          C
But I'm� the one� who's caught� in Charlotte's web�
 
Instrumental 2 keyboards & steel w/[C  Cmaj7  C] - 3 times
                                   [G  F  Em  Dm  C]

Verse 3
(       lead vocals                )
Charlotte� took me� late one night�
(       lead vocals              )
To a secret room� by candlelight�
(       lead with tenor harmony      )
She dealt the cards� and read my hand�
(       lead with tenor harmony          )
Said she hoped� that I� would understand�
 
Verse 4
(       lead with tenor harmony         )
She turned� two cards� up� face to face�
(       lead with tenor harmony               )
She said� "Two hearts have found their place�"
(       lead vocals          )
Now all the rest� is history�
(       lead vocals                       )
The future's full of Charlotte� lovin� me�

Instrumental 3 steel 
 
Chorus 2 (4 part harmony)
And I'll take� the likes of Charlotte� and her kind�
Small town talk� don't matter now� that Charlotte's mine�
It may be� true� that other men� have found her bed�
But I'm� the one� who's caught� in Charlotte's web�
 
Outro 
(                  4 part harmony                   )
   F       Em         Dm    Dm7       Fm
It may be� true� that other men� have found her bed�
(        4 part harmony        )(  lead vocals     )( 4 part harmony )
    G        F          Em         Dm          C
But I'm� the one� who's caught� in Charlotte's web� (Charlotte's web�)
-----------------
(4 part harmony) \
C   Cmaj7   C     - {repeat 5 times to fadeout}
Charlotte's web� / 
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Chord Chart (notes in parentheses are optional)
   Am   Am7  Bb   C   C/B Cmaj7  Dm  Dm7  Em   Fm    F    G    G7
e--0----0---(1)---0----0----0----1----1----0----1----1----3----1--|
B--1----1----3----1----1----0----3----1----0----1----1----3----0--|
G--2----0----3----0----0----0----2----2----0----1----2----0----0--|
D--2----2----3----2----x----2----0----0----2----2----3----0----0--|
A--0----0----1----3----2----3--------------2----2----3----2----2--|
E-----------(1)---3---------3--------------0----1----1----3----3--|


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