Carmelita Warren Zevon

Carmelita

Warren Zevon

Robert Stanley

288
0:00 3:24
Tuning Standard (E A D G B E)
Beat 4/4
Key: E
Capo:
No capo
Strumming 1

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Lyrics

[Intro]
| E | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
       E
I hear mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
B7
  And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

[Chorus]
E     A
 Carmelita, hold me tighter
  E                 A
I think I'm sinkin' down
           E              B7
And I'm all strung out on heroin
                    E
On the outskirts of town

[Verse 2]
          E
Where I'm sittin' here playin' solitaire
With my pearlhandled deck
B7
  The county won't give me no more methadone
And_they cut off your welfare check

[Chorus]
E     A
 Carmelita, hold me tighter
  E                 A
I think I'm sinkin' down
           E              B7
And I'm all strung out on heroin
                    E
On the outskirts of town

[Solo 1]
         | E | - |
| - | B7 | - | - |
| - | E  |

[Solo 2]
        | A | -  |
| E | A | E | B7 |
| - | E | - |

[Verse 3]
        E
Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
B7
  He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer Chicken stand

[Chorus]
E     A
 Carmelita, hold me tighter
  E                 A
I think I'm sinkin' down
           E              B7
And I'm all strung out on heroin
                    E
On the outskirts of town
     A
Carmelita, hold me tighter
  E                 A
I think I'm sinkin' down
           E              B7
And I'm all strung out on heroin
                    E
On the outskirts of town

[Outro]
            | E |

Bars

[Intro]
| E | - | - | - |

[Verse 1]
| E | - | - | B7 |
| - | - | - |

I hear mariachi static on my radio
And the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Ensenada
And I'm here in Echo Park

[Chorus]
             | E |
| A | -  | E | A |
| E | B7 | - | E |
| - |

Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinkin' down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

[Verse 2]
     | E | - | - |
| B7 | - | - | - |

Where I'm sittin' here playin' solitaire
With my pearlhandled deck
The county won't give me no more methadone
And_they cut off your welfare check

[Chorus]
| E | A | -  | E |
| A | E | B7 | - |
| E | - |

Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinkin' down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

[Solo 1]
         | E | - |
| - | B7 | - | - |
| - | E  |

[Solo 2]
        | A | -  |
| E | A | E | B7 |
| - | E | - |

[Verse 3]
             | E |
| - | - | B7 | - |
| - | - |

Well, I pawned my Smith Corona
And I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
By the Pioneer Chicken stand

[Chorus]
         | E | A |
| -  | E | A | E |
| B7 | - | E | A |
| -  | E | A | E |
| B7 | - | E |

Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinkin' down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town
Carmelita, hold me tighter
I think I'm sinkin' down
And I'm all strung out on heroin
On the outskirts of town

[Outro]
            | E |

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