E A B A B E
[Verse]
E
South of the border and busted
A
Caught by a woman I trusted
B
Now don't you call me a fool
A
It could have happened to you
It's just my luck
B E
It had to happen to me
E
Sweet Carmelita betrayed me
A
She said, "Take me home, serenade me."
B A
I figured a song could do me no wrong
B E
I didn't know how wrong I could be
[Chorus 1]
A E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
F#m
It'll be so easy
B A B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
A E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
F#m B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A B E
Goodbye easy money, easy money
[Verse]
E
The chiquita must have told 'em my story
A
'Cause when my eyes finally focused next morning
B A
Carmelita had spoken 'bout guitars and some coke
B E
And she laughed as they slapped me in chains
E
I was thrown in cell with a killer
A
A convict who coughed through the night
B A
While I laid awake with the chills and shakes
B E
Hoping for a file in a cake
[Chorus 1]
A E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
F#m
It'll be so easy
B A B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
A E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
F#m B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A B E
Goodbye easy money, easy money
[Solo]
(over verse & chorus pattern)
E A B A B E (X2)
A E F#m B A B A E F#m B A B E
[Chorus 2]
A E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
F#m
It'll be so easy
B A B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
A E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
F#m B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A B
Just to make me mad he smashed my guitar
A B E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye easy money
[Outro]
E A B A B E
