Chords for Fred Eaglesmith singing " Carmelita
Tempo:
73.1 bpm
Chords used:
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G
C
Am
A
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[Am] As fast as you want, [C] as far as [G] you want, as long as [D] you can.
[G] [D] And on Sunday mornings, on every little farm, [C] you'll see the [G] stretch vans idling, [D] and the
yards, and the Jamaican boys, [Am] and the Mexican boys, [C] the migrant [G] workers that go [D] to church,
and the Christian farm, [Am] and the migrant workers, [D] and the hard Sunday [G] shoes, and the white Sunday
[D] shirts, and tell them, go to church, where Jesus [A] still [Am] saves.
[C] Go to church, [G] where Jesus still [D] saves.
Where Jesus still saves.
On Sunday mornings, on Sunday days, on migrant workers, [C] [G]
[D] and on Monday mornings, they're back
in the field, [C] with their faces to the [G] dirt, and their backs to the sun.
[Dm] The families, the families, [A] at the first light of day.
[C] The families, [G]
[Dm] the fathers and [D] the mothers, the brothers and the sisters, [A] [G] and the little
children, [D] the little children, the little children, [Am] the little children in [C] the fields,
[G] in the fields of [D] southern Ontario.
The little children, [Am] the little children in [C] the field, [G] in the field of [D] southern Ontario.
And on Friday nights, [Dm] in every little town, [D] you can see [Gm] them lined up at the phone booths
four and five [D] feet.
The Jamaican boys [A] and [Am] the Mexican boys.
[D] They're calling home [Gm] at 775 [D] and out.
They're calling home just to [Am] tell them how much they love them.
[C] They're calling [G] home just to tell them how much they miss [D] them.
They're calling home.
They're calling home.
[Am] To tell them how much they wish they could be there.
[C] They're calling [G] home.
Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
Calling home.
[Am] Calling home.
[B] [C] Calling home.
[G] Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
And in southern Ontario, Canada,
where I come from, [Gm] the roads are long and flat [D] and straight.
Down along the railroad [Am] track, I ran into my [A] old friend [C] Jack.
He was dressed in a Sunday [G] best, but his face was red [D] and his eyes were dead.
Said I lost Marina, [Am] and the last place that I seen her,
[B] [C] she was [G] making off with [D] my best friend.
I took him to the water, [Am] spent $50,
[C] or [G] something there would take him [D] to the mall.
Well, he must have gone to heaven [Am] just before I left him.
[C] I tried [Gm] to wake him up, [D] but he wouldn't move.
So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, [Bm] and I can [C] see that soon you're [G] going to need a [D] breath of air.
We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know just [C] east of here,
and it [G] wouldn't take too long to go [D] down there.
[A] We'll sleep out on [Em] the ground, and in the morning [C] when we [G] wake, we'll lay down.
[D] And I think my last tobacco leap, [Am] so again when I'm to my [C] knees,
out [G] there before the sun is [D] on the rise.
You can have a drink of water, [Am] but don't you look at my daughter.
[C] I'll come down [G] there, and I'll cut you [D] with this knife.
So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, and I can see [C] that soon [G] you're going to need a breath [D] of air.
We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know [Cm] just east of here,
and it wouldn't [G] take too long to [D] go down there.
[A] We'll sleep out on the ground, and [C] in the morning when we wake, [G] we'll lay down.
[D]
[G] [D] And on Sunday mornings, on every little farm, [C] you'll see the [G] stretch vans idling, [D] and the
yards, and the Jamaican boys, [Am] and the Mexican boys, [C] the migrant [G] workers that go [D] to church,
and the Christian farm, [Am] and the migrant workers, [D] and the hard Sunday [G] shoes, and the white Sunday
[D] shirts, and tell them, go to church, where Jesus [A] still [Am] saves.
[C] Go to church, [G] where Jesus still [D] saves.
Where Jesus still saves.
On Sunday mornings, on Sunday days, on migrant workers, [C] [G]
[D] and on Monday mornings, they're back
in the field, [C] with their faces to the [G] dirt, and their backs to the sun.
[Dm] The families, the families, [A] at the first light of day.
[C] The families, [G]
[Dm] the fathers and [D] the mothers, the brothers and the sisters, [A] [G] and the little
children, [D] the little children, the little children, [Am] the little children in [C] the fields,
[G] in the fields of [D] southern Ontario.
The little children, [Am] the little children in [C] the field, [G] in the field of [D] southern Ontario.
And on Friday nights, [Dm] in every little town, [D] you can see [Gm] them lined up at the phone booths
four and five [D] feet.
The Jamaican boys [A] and [Am] the Mexican boys.
[D] They're calling home [Gm] at 775 [D] and out.
They're calling home just to [Am] tell them how much they love them.
[C] They're calling [G] home just to tell them how much they miss [D] them.
They're calling home.
They're calling home.
[Am] To tell them how much they wish they could be there.
[C] They're calling [G] home.
Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
Calling home.
[Am] Calling home.
[B] [C] Calling home.
[G] Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
And in southern Ontario, Canada,
where I come from, [Gm] the roads are long and flat [D] and straight.
Down along the railroad [Am] track, I ran into my [A] old friend [C] Jack.
He was dressed in a Sunday [G] best, but his face was red [D] and his eyes were dead.
Said I lost Marina, [Am] and the last place that I seen her,
[B] [C] she was [G] making off with [D] my best friend.
I took him to the water, [Am] spent $50,
[C] or [G] something there would take him [D] to the mall.
Well, he must have gone to heaven [Am] just before I left him.
[C] I tried [Gm] to wake him up, [D] but he wouldn't move.
So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, [Bm] and I can [C] see that soon you're [G] going to need a [D] breath of air.
We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know just [C] east of here,
and it [G] wouldn't take too long to go [D] down there.
[A] We'll sleep out on [Em] the ground, and in the morning [C] when we [G] wake, we'll lay down.
[D] And I think my last tobacco leap, [Am] so again when I'm to my [C] knees,
out [G] there before the sun is [D] on the rise.
You can have a drink of water, [Am] but don't you look at my daughter.
[C] I'll come down [G] there, and I'll cut you [D] with this knife.
So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, and I can see [C] that soon [G] you're going to need a breath [D] of air.
We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know [Cm] just east of here,
and it wouldn't [G] take too long to [D] go down there.
[A] We'll sleep out on the ground, and [C] in the morning when we wake, [G] we'll lay down.
[D]
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[Am] As fast as you want, [C] as far as [G] you want, as long as [D] you can.
[G] _ [D] And on Sunday mornings, on every little farm, _ [C] you'll see the [G] stretch vans idling, [D] and the
yards, _ _ and the Jamaican boys, _ [Am] and the Mexican boys, _ [C] the migrant [G] workers that go [D] to church,
_ _ and the Christian farm, _ [Am] and the migrant workers, _ [D] and the hard Sunday [G] shoes, and the white Sunday
[D] shirts, and tell them, _ go to church, _ where Jesus [A] still [Am] saves.
[C] Go to church, [G] where Jesus still [D] saves.
_ _ Where Jesus still saves.
On Sunday mornings, on Sunday days, on migrant workers, _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ and on Monday mornings, they're back
in the field, [C] with their faces to the [G] dirt, and their backs to the sun.
[Dm] The families, _ _ the families, _ [A] at the first light of day.
_ [C] The families, [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ the fathers and [D] the mothers, the brothers and the sisters, [A] [G] and the little
children, _ [D] the little children, _ the little children, _ [Am] the little children in [C] the fields,
[G] in the fields of [D] southern Ontario.
_ The little children, _ [Am] the little children in [C] the field, [G] in the field of [D] southern Ontario.
_ And on Friday nights, _ [Dm] in every little town, _ [D] you can see [Gm] them lined up at the phone booths
four and five [D] feet.
_ _ The Jamaican boys [A] and [Am] the Mexican boys.
[D] They're calling home [Gm] at 775 [D] and out.
_ _ They're calling home just to [Am] tell them how much they love them.
_ [C] They're calling [G] home just to tell them how much they miss [D] them.
They're calling home.
_ They're calling home. _
[Am] To tell them how much they wish they could be there.
[C] They're calling [G] home.
Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
_ Calling home. _
[Am] Calling home.
_ [B] [C] Calling home.
[G] Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
_ And in southern Ontario, Canada,
where I come from, _ [Gm] the roads are long and flat [D] and straight.
_ _ Down along the railroad [Am] track, I ran into my [A] old friend [C] Jack.
He was dressed in a Sunday [G] best, but his face was red [D] and his eyes were dead.
_ Said I lost Marina, [Am] and the last place that I seen her,
[B] [C] she was [G] making off with [D] my best friend.
_ I took him to the water, [Am] spent $50,
[C] or [G] something there would take him [D] to the mall.
_ _ Well, he must have gone to heaven [Am] just before I left him.
[C] I tried [Gm] to wake him up, [D] but he wouldn't move.
_ _ So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, [Bm] and I can [C] see that soon you're [G] going to need a [D] breath of air.
_ We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know just [C] east of here,
and it [G] wouldn't take too long to go [D] down there.
_ _ [A] We'll sleep out on [Em] the ground, and in the morning [C] when we [G] wake, we'll lay down. _ _
[D] _ _ _ And I think my last tobacco leap, [Am] so again when I'm to my [C] knees,
out [G] there before the sun is [D] on the rise.
_ You can have a drink of water, [Am] but don't you look at my daughter.
[C] I'll come down [G] there, and I'll cut you [D] with this knife.
_ So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, and I can see [C] that soon [G] you're going to need a breath [D] of air.
_ _ We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know [Cm] just east of here,
and it wouldn't [G] take too long to [D] go down there.
_ [A] We'll sleep out on the ground, and [C] in the morning when we wake, [G] we'll lay down.
_ _ [D] _ _
[G] _ [D] And on Sunday mornings, on every little farm, _ [C] you'll see the [G] stretch vans idling, [D] and the
yards, _ _ and the Jamaican boys, _ [Am] and the Mexican boys, _ [C] the migrant [G] workers that go [D] to church,
_ _ and the Christian farm, _ [Am] and the migrant workers, _ [D] and the hard Sunday [G] shoes, and the white Sunday
[D] shirts, and tell them, _ go to church, _ where Jesus [A] still [Am] saves.
[C] Go to church, [G] where Jesus still [D] saves.
_ _ Where Jesus still saves.
On Sunday mornings, on Sunday days, on migrant workers, _ [C] _ _ [G] _
_ [D] _ _ _ and on Monday mornings, they're back
in the field, [C] with their faces to the [G] dirt, and their backs to the sun.
[Dm] The families, _ _ the families, _ [A] at the first light of day.
_ [C] The families, [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ the fathers and [D] the mothers, the brothers and the sisters, [A] [G] and the little
children, _ [D] the little children, _ the little children, _ [Am] the little children in [C] the fields,
[G] in the fields of [D] southern Ontario.
_ The little children, _ [Am] the little children in [C] the field, [G] in the field of [D] southern Ontario.
_ And on Friday nights, _ [Dm] in every little town, _ [D] you can see [Gm] them lined up at the phone booths
four and five [D] feet.
_ _ The Jamaican boys [A] and [Am] the Mexican boys.
[D] They're calling home [Gm] at 775 [D] and out.
_ _ They're calling home just to [Am] tell them how much they love them.
_ [C] They're calling [G] home just to tell them how much they miss [D] them.
They're calling home.
_ They're calling home. _
[Am] To tell them how much they wish they could be there.
[C] They're calling [G] home.
Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
_ Calling home. _
[Am] Calling home.
_ [B] [C] Calling home.
[G] Calling home.
[D] Calling home.
_ And in southern Ontario, Canada,
where I come from, _ [Gm] the roads are long and flat [D] and straight.
_ _ Down along the railroad [Am] track, I ran into my [A] old friend [C] Jack.
He was dressed in a Sunday [G] best, but his face was red [D] and his eyes were dead.
_ Said I lost Marina, [Am] and the last place that I seen her,
[B] [C] she was [G] making off with [D] my best friend.
_ I took him to the water, [Am] spent $50,
[C] or [G] something there would take him [D] to the mall.
_ _ Well, he must have gone to heaven [Am] just before I left him.
[C] I tried [Gm] to wake him up, [D] but he wouldn't move.
_ _ So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, [Bm] and I can [C] see that soon you're [G] going to need a [D] breath of air.
_ We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know just [C] east of here,
and it [G] wouldn't take too long to go [D] down there.
_ _ [A] We'll sleep out on [Em] the ground, and in the morning [C] when we [G] wake, we'll lay down. _ _
[D] _ _ _ And I think my last tobacco leap, [Am] so again when I'm to my [C] knees,
out [G] there before the sun is [D] on the rise.
_ You can have a drink of water, [Am] but don't you look at my daughter.
[C] I'll come down [G] there, and I'll cut you [D] with this knife.
_ So come on, Carla, later.
[A] You drank too much, and I can see [C] that soon [G] you're going to need a breath [D] of air.
_ _ We'll dance across the way [A] there's a place I know [Cm] just east of here,
and it wouldn't [G] take too long to [D] go down there.
_ [A] We'll sleep out on the ground, and [C] in the morning when we wake, [G] we'll lay down.
_ _ [D] _ _