Chords for CARMELITA - Murray McLauchlan

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_ [Ab] Barney Vental and Laurie Yates and myself.
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♪ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I hear [A] Mariachi standing [D] on the radio ♪
♪ The tubes they glow in [A] the dark ♪
♪ And I'm there with her in Ensonada ♪
♪ But I'm stuck here in Echo [D] Park ♪
[G] ♪ I'm a leader, _ hold [D] me tighter ♪
♪ I think I'm sinking down ♪
♪ And I'm all strung out [A] on heroin ♪
♪ On the outskirts [D] of town _ ♪ _
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_ ♪ Well, I'm sitting here in the solitary ♪
♪ With my pearl _ [A]-handled deck _ _ ♪
♪ County won't give me no more methadone ♪
♪ And they cut off your welfare [D]
check ♪
♪ [G] I'm a leader, _ hold me tighter ♪
♪ [D] I think I'm sinking [G] down ♪
♪ [D] And I'm all strung out [A] on heroin ♪
♪ On the _ outskirts [D] of town _ _ _ ♪ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ ♪ Well, I pawn my Smith & Wesson ♪
♪ In a wind to meet my [A] man [B] ♪
♪ [A] He hangs out down at the Rotter Street ♪
♪ At the Pioneer Chicken [D] Stand ♪
♪ [G] I'm a leader, _ hold me tighter ♪
[D] ♪ I think I'm sinking [G] down [D] ♪
♪ And I'm all strung [A] out on heroin ♪
♪ On the outskirts [D] of town ♪ _ _
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_ _ ♪ I hear mariachi static on my radio _ ♪
♪ The tubes, they [A] glow in the dark ♪
♪ And I'm there with her and it's a knot in my mind ♪
♪ But I'm stuck here in Echo [D] Park ♪
♪ [G] I'm a leader, _ hold me tighter ♪
[D] ♪ I think I'm sinking [G] down ♪
♪ [D] And I'm all strung out [A] on heroin ♪
♪ On the _ outskirts [D] of town ♪
♪ I'm [G] a leader, hold me tighter ♪
♪ [D] I think I'm sinking [G] down ♪
♪ And [D] I'm all strung out [A] on heroin ♪
♪ On the _ [D] outskirts of town ♪ _ _
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