Carmelita

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[Verse 1]
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Down along the railroad tracks I ran
Am
 into my old friend Jack.
C                                 
He was dressed in his Sunday best 
        G                   D
but his face was red and his eyes 
were dead.
   D                             
He said, "I lost Marina, and the 
Am
last place that I seen her,
C              G                
She was makin' off with my best 
D
friend."

[Verse 2]
  D                      Am
I took him to the water. I spent 
fifty dollars
   C                    G         
On something that would take him 
      D
to the moon.
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Well he must have gone to heaven 
        Am
'cause just before I left him,
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I tried to wake him up but he 
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wouldn't move.

[Chorus]
   D                       Am
So come on, Carmelita, you drank too
 much and I can see that
C                 G               
Soon you're gonna need a breath of 
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air.
      D                            
We'll dance across the wheat field,
           Am
 there's a place I know just east of
 here
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       C                 G        
And it wouldn't take too long to 
       D
go down there.
      Am
We'll sleep out on the ground
           C                       
And in the morning when we wake up,
                G       D
 we'll leave town.

[Verse 3]
      D                            
And I picked my last tobacco leaf, 
Am
soaking wet up to my knees,
C                    G           
Out there before the sun was on 
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the rise.
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And you can have a drink of water, 
    Am
but don't you look at my daughter,
        C                    G    
Or I'll come down there and cut 
            D
you with this knife.

[Chorus]
   D                       Am
So come on, Carmelita, you drank too
 much and I can see that
C                 G               
Soon you're gonna need a breath of 
 D
air.
      D                            
We'll dance across the wheat 
           Am
fields, there's a place I know just 
east of here
       C                 G        
And it wouldn't take too long to 
       D
go down there.
      Am
We'll sleep out on the ground
           C                       
And in the morning when we wake up,
                G      D
 we'll leave town.

[Solo]
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[Verse 4]
D                              Am
There ain't any flack man, but if 
you're a black man
        C            G            
They'll put you on a plane back to
              D
 where you're from.

[Chorus]
   D                       Am
So come on, Carmelita, you drank too
 much and I can see that
C                 G               
Soon you're gonna need a breath of 
 D
air.
      D                            
We'll dance across the wheat 
           Am
fields, there's a place I know just 
east of here
       C                 G        
And it wouldn't take too long to 
       D
go down there.
      Am
We'll sleep out on the ground
           C                       
And in the morning when we wake up,
                G       D
 we'll leave town.

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