{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1959345,"song":"Carmelita","artist":"Fred Eaglesmith","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11438170-carmelita-chords-by-fred-eaglesmith/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1959345?type=chord","rating":4.85112,"votes":29,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nDown along the railroad tracks I ran into my old friend Jack.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                                         [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe was dressed in his Sunday best but his face was red and his eyes were dead.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nHe said, \"I lost Marina, and the last place that I seen her,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe was makin' off with my best friend.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI took him to the water. I spent fifty dollars[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOn something that would take him to the moon.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWell he must have gone to heaven 'cause just before I left him,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI tried to wake him up but he wouldn't move.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo come on, Carmelita, you drank too much and I can see that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoon you're gonna need a breath of air.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll dance across the wheat field, there's a place I know just east of here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it wouldn't take too long to go down there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll sleep out on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning when we wake up, we'll leave town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd I picked my last tobacco leaf, soaking wet up to my knees,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOut there before the sun was on the rise.[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nAnd you can have a drink of water, but don't you look at my daughter,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nOr I'll come down there and cut you with this knife.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo come on, Carmelita, you drank too much and I can see that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoon you're gonna need a breath of air.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll dance across the wheat fields, there's a place I know just east of here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it wouldn't take too long to go down there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll sleep out on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning when we wake up, we'll leave town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThere ain't any flack man, but if you're a black man[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey'll put you on a plane back to where you're from.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSo come on, Carmelita, you drank too much and I can see that[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSoon you're gonna need a breath of air.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll dance across the wheat fields, there's a place I know just east of here[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd it wouldn't take too long to go down there.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nWe'll sleep out on the ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]C[/ch]                                       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd in the morning when we wake up, we'll leave town.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]D[/ch]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD       Am      C    G    D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD       Am      C    G    D\nD       Am      C    G    D\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]\nD       Am      C    G    D\nD       Am      C    G    D","chords":["D","Am","C","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}