Fred Eaglesmith - Carmelita guitar chord

CARMELITA Fred J. Eaglesmith

Intro: D ' ' ' (x2)

D Am

Down along the railroad tracks I ran into my old friend Jack.

C G D

He was dressed in his Sunday best but his face was red and his eyes were dead.

D Am

He said, "I lost Marina, and the last place that I seen her,

C G D

She was makin' off with my best friend."

D Am

I took him to the water. I spent fifty dollars

C G D

On something that would take him to the moon.

D Am

Well he must have gone to heaven 'cause just before I left him,

C G D

I tried to wake him up but he wouldn't move.

Chorus:

D Am

So come on, Carmelita, you drank too much and I can see that

C G D

Soon you're gonna need a breath of air.

D Am

We'll dance across the wheat field, there's a place I know just east of here

C G D

And it wouldn't take too long to go down there.

Am

We'll sleep out on the ground

C G - D

And in the morning when we wake up, we'll leave town.

D Am

And I picked my last tobacco leaf, soaking wet up to my knees,

C G D

Out there before the sun was on the rise.

D Am

And you can have a drink of water, but don't you look at my daughter,

C G D

Or I'll come down there and cut you with this knife.

(Chorus)

D Am

There ain't any flack man, but if you're a black man

C G D

They'll put you on a plane back to where you're from.

(Chorus)