Carmelita chords *
Warren Zevon  1972  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carmelita_(song)

  2x


       
I hear mariach

i static on th

e radio,
              
and the tubes 

              
they glow in t

   
he dark.

And I'm there with her in Ensenada,
              
when I'm here 

        
in Echo Park

    
Carmelita, hol

d me tighter,
             
I think I'm si

      
nking down.
             
And I'm all st

            
rung out on he

roin,
              
on the outskir

      
ts of town.

         
Well I'm sitti

ng here playin

g solitaire,
              
with my pearl 

        
handled deck.

The county won't give me no more methadone,
              
and they cut o

              
ff your welfar

  
e check.

    
Carmelita, hol

d me tighter,
             
I think I'm si

      
nking down.
             
And I'm all st

            
rung out on he

roin,
              
on the outskir

      
ts of town.

                  

       
Well I pawned 

my Smith Coron

a,
              
and I went to 

        
meet my man.

He hangs out down on Alvarado Street,
              
by the Pioneer

         
 Chicken Stand

.

    
Carmelita, hol

d me tighter,
             
I think I'm si

      
nking down.
             
And I'm all st

            
rung out on he

roin,
              
on the outskir

      
ts of town.

    
Carmelita, hol

d me tighter,
             
I think I'm si

      
nking down.
             
And I'm all st

            
rung out on he

roin,
              
on the outskir

      
ts of town.

 

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