E             C#m    A         E
Charlie, I'll make a deal with you 
B                      E            E7 
after which you can do anything you want to 
  A                  B         C#m               E
I know I've got the leg up, as you're still only made up
    A               B                   E 
but baby you know I wrote this song for you 

E                C#m         A             E
don't go kissing boys, don't make a lot of noise 
    B                                 E         E7
let daddy sing his songs, and be real good 
     A                   B               C#m         E  
just treat your teachers nice and find a healthy appetite 
             A       B              E   
for what you really, really want to do 

E                   C#m       A                E
and if in fact your married before the day I'm buried 
G#7                        C#m7
follow just my one and only rule 
    A                B       C#m                E
for everything you do just remember through and through
      A                  B               E    E7 
be my best friend 'cause i'll be one for you, oh

A
Charlie, you'll be strong 
E
Charlie, you'll be smart 
C#m                         A
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start 
F#             B               G#7           C#m
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
        A              B               E 
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart 


E               C#m             A               E
I know just how you'll be cause you'll be just like me 
B                                E         E7
charming, so alarming & a little crazy 
     A            B               C#m              E  
the queen of some sand castle, an abrasive, rowdy hassle but 
A                B                   E
kind and loving, fresh and bright, I know 

E               C#m                  A               E 
come to me with problems, I swear, I won't go try to solve 'em
G#7                             C#m 
I'll only tell you everything I know
     A                 B  
like standing tall was all I had 
     C#m              E
like boys are bad and love's a fad
     A           B                  E 
that no one ever learns to just let go 

A
Charlie, you'll be strong 
E
Charlie, you'll be smart 
C#m                         A
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start 
F#             B               G#7           C#m
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
        A              B               E 
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart 

E                     C#m              A                   E  
Charlie, there's just one little thing before we meet some lovely spring 
          G#7                        C#m
I have to go and you find you a nice momma
A                   B           C#m             E 
she'll be just like me and you, perfect in just what we do 
  A                  B             C#m
a love as strong as father and his daughter 

A
Charlie, you'll be strong 
E
Charlie, you'll be smart 
C#m                         A
Charlie, you'll be anything you want to from the start 
F#             B               G#7           C#m
Charlie, oh my baby, you'll be every bit the lady
        A              B               E 
that'll go on breaking this old lonely heart