[Intro]
[D] [Am] [C] [G] [D]
[Verse1]
[D]Down along the railroad tracks I[Am]I ran into my old friend Jack.
[C]He was dressed in his Sunday best but his [G]face was red and his[D]his eyes were dead.
He [D]said, "I lost Marina, and the [Am]last place that I seen her,
[C]She was makin' [G]off with my best [D]friend."
[Verse2]
I [D]took him to the water. [Am]I spent fifty dollars
On [C]something that would [G]take him to the [D]moon.
Well he [D]must have gone to heaven 'cause [Am]just before I left him,
I [C]tried to wake him [G]up but he wouldn't [D]move.
[Chorus]
So [D]come on, Carmelita, you [Am]drank too much and I can see that
[C]Soon you're gonna [G]need a breath of [D]air.
We'll [D]dance across the wheat field, there's a [Am]place I know just east of here
And it [C]wouldn't take too [G]long to go down [D]there.
We'll [Am]sleep out on the ground
And in the [C]morning when we wake up, we'll leave tow[G]town. [D]
[Verse3]
And I [D]picked my last tobacco leaf, [Am]soaking wet up to my knees,
[C]Out there before the [G]sun was on the [D]rise.
And you can [D]have a drink of water, but [Am]don't you look at my daughter,
Or I'll [C]come down there and c[G]cut you with this [D]knife.
[Chorus]
So [D]come on, Carmelita, you [Am]drank too much and I can see that
[C]Soon you're gonna [G]need a breath of [D]air.
We'll [D]dance across the wheat fields, there's a[Am]a place I know just east of here
And it [C]wouldn't take too [G]long to go down [D]there.
We'll [Am]sleep out on the ground
And in the [C]morning when we wake up, we'll leave tow[G]town. [D]
[Solo]
[D] [Am] [C] [G] [D] [D] [Am] [C] [G] [D]
[Verse4]
[D]There ain't any flack man, but [Am]if you're a black man
They'll [C]put you on a [G]plane back to where you're [D]from.
[Chorus]
So [D]come on, Carmelita, you [Am]drank too much and I can see that
[C]Soon you're gonna [G]need a breath of [D]air.
We'll [D]dance across the wheat fields, there's a[Am]a place I know just east of here
And it [C]wouldn't take too [G]long to go down [D]there.
We'll [Am]sleep out on the ground
And in the [C]morning when we wake up, we'll leave tow[G]town. [D]
[Outro]
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