Carmelita (video)

E - B7 - E (2x)

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1. I hear mariachi static on the radio,

B7

and the tubes they glow in the dark.

B7

And I'm there with her in Ensenada,

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when I'm here in Echo Park.

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Carmelita, hold me tighter, I think I'm sinking down,

E B7 E

and I'm all strung out on heroin on the outskirts of town.

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2. Well, I'm sitting here playing solitaire,

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with my pearl handled deck.

B7

The county won't give me no more methadone,

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and they cut off your welfare check.

+ CHORUS + instrumental = verse 2 & CHORUS

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3. Well, I pawned my Smith Corona,

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and I went to meet my man.

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He hangs out down on Alvarado Street,

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by the Pioneer Chicken Stand.

+ CHORUS (2x) + E - B7 - E (2x)

(Warren Zevon)