Border Town Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Bm][A][D][Bm][D]

[Verse 1]
Carmelita was [D]a street
angel but she [Bm]kept her halo [D]hid
Never learned to read or write so well,
she [A]was just a farmer's kid
[D]She took communion at the age of twelve,
[Bm]she wore a cross of wood
[Em]She heard the clanging of the mission bell
And [A]she vowed that she'd be good

[Verse 2]
But the [D]world goes round and it's [Bm]hard
enough to stand your ground
There's always [G]someone tryin' to keep
you [A]down in a [D]border town
[Bm]

[Verse 3]
[D]
Mamacita said you can't go down,
stay [Bm]away from the white man's world
[D]She drew the line at the edge of town for [A]her little,
dark-haired girl
girl
[D]But Carmelita she had other plans
and her [Bm]life had just begun
[Em]She ran away with a black-eyed man man
and he [A]left her with a black-eyed son
son

[Verse 4]
But the [D]world goes round and it's [Bm]hard
enough to stand your ground
There's always [G]someone tryin' to keep you
[A]down in a [D]bor[Bm]der town

[Interlude 1]
[D][Bm][D]

[Verse 5]
Carmelita, now she's [D]settlin' down,
[Bm]she's not so free and [D]wild
She rides a bus, all the way across town
to [A]love somebody else's child
[D]Shows up each morning,
right on time and [Bm]at six o'clock, she's gone
[Em]She keeps her distance and
she toes the line
'Cause [A]she knows where
it's been drawn

[Verse 6]
But the [D]world goes round and it's [Bm]hard
enough to stand your ground
There's always [G]someone tryin' to keep you [A]down
in a [D]bor[Bm]der town

[Outro 1]
[Bm][D][Bm][D][Bm]
[D][Bm][D]