Tone: [Em]
Capo 9 or transpose -3
Capo 9 or transpose -3
Verse 1
[Em]Darling, darling,[G]darling, doesn't have a problem.
[C]Lying to herself 'cause her [Am]liquor's top shelf.
It's a[Em]alarming, honestly, how[G]how charming she can be.
[C]Fooling everyone telling [Am]how she's having fun.
Pre-Chorus
[Em]She says, 'You don't want to be like me.
[G]Don't want to see all the things I've seen.'
I'm [C]dying, I'm [Am]dying.
[Em]She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[G]Famous and dumb at an early age.'
[C]Lying, I'm [Am]lying.
Chorus
The [Em]boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [C]gives them butterflies, bats her [Am]cartoon[Bm]cartoon eyes.
She [Em]laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C]Audio-tune lies.[Am]lies. She's stil[Bm]still shining
[C]Like lightni[Am]ng, ooh-oo[C]h, white lightn[Am]ing[Am7]. [Am]
Verse 2
[Em]Carmen, Carmen, [G]staying up till morning.
[C]Only seventeen, [Am]but she walks the streets so mean.
[Em]It's alarming, t[G]truly, how disarming you can be.
[C]Eating soft ice [Am]cream, Coney Island queen.
Pre-Chorus
[Em]She says, 'You don't want to be like me,
[G]Looking for fun, getting high for free.'
[C]I'm dying, [Am]I'm dying.
[Em]She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[G]Street walk at night and a star by day.'
[C]It's tiring,[Am]tiring, tiring.
Chorus
The[Em]The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [C]gives them butterflies, bats her [Am]cartoon[Bm]cartoon eyes.
She [Em]laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C]Audio-tune lies.[Am]lies. She's stil[Bm]still shining
[C] Like light[Am]ning, ooh-[C]ooh, white ligh[Am]tni[Am7]ng. [Am]
Bridge
[D]Baby's all dressed up with no[Em]nowhere to go.
[Bm]That's the little story of the[C]the girl you know.
R[D]Relying on the kindness of[Em]of strangers,
[C]Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours.
[Am]Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on[C]on.
Sing your song, song, now the camera's on.
[Am]And you're alive again.
[Fmadd9]Mon amour, je sais que tu m'aime[Em7]m'aimes aussi,
[Cadd9]Tu as besoin de moi,
[Am]Tu as besoin de mo[Bm]moi dans ta vie[Fmadd9]vie.
Tu ne peux plus vivre sans [Em7]moi
Et[C]Et je mourrais sans toi.
Je [Am]tuerais pour[Bm]pour toi.
Chorus
[Em]The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
She [C]gives them butterflies, bats her [Am]cartoon[Bm]cartoon eyes.
She [Em]laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C]Audio-tune lies.[Am]lies. She's stil[Bm]still shining
[C] Like light[Am]ning, ooh-[C]ooh, white ligh[Am]tni[Am7]ng. [Am]
Outro
[Em]Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem.
[C]Lying to herself 'cause her [Am]liquor's top shelf.
