Border Town

CAPO: 2

Intro: Cmaj7  C   Am7   Am   Cmaj7  C   Am   Cmaj7 

     C 
Carmelita was a street angel 
    Am7               Am    Cmaj7 
But she kept her halo hid 
      C 
Never learned to read or write so well 
       G                     Cmaj7 
She was just a farmer's kid 
            C 
She took communion at the age of twelve 
Am7                 Am    Dm 
She wore a cross of wood 

She heard the clanging of the mission bell 
       G 
And she vowed that she'd be good 


 
        F     C     C6 
But the world goes 'round 
         C 
And it's hard enough to stand your ground 
               F                          G 
There's always someone trying to keep you down 
     C            Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7 
In a border town 


    C 
Mamacita said, you can't go down 
      Am7                      Am      Cmaj7 
Stay away from the white man's world 
             C 
She drew the line at the edge of town 
       G                         Cmaj7 
For her little dark-haired girl 
         C 
But Carmelita she had other plans 
        Am7             Am    Dm 
And her life had just begun 

She ran away with a black-eyed man 
       G 
And he left her with a black-eyed son 


 
        F     C     C6 
And the world goes 'round 
         C 
And it's hard enough to stand your ground 
               F                          G 
There's always someone trying to keep you down 
     C             
In a border town 


Instrumental: Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7  C  Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7 


     C 
Carmelita, now she's settling down 
      Am7             Am     Cmaj7 
She's not so free and wild 
                        C 
She rides a bus all the way across town 
   G                           Cmaj7 
To love somebody else's child 
                      C 
Shows up each morning right on time 
      Am7                Am    Dm 
And at six o'clock she's gone 

She keeps her distance and she toes the line 
          G 
'Cause she knows where it's been drawn 



        F     C     C6 
And the world goes 'round 
         C 
And it's hard enough to stand your ground 
               F                          G 
There's always someone trying to keep you down 
     C            Cmaj7  C  Am7          Am    
In a border town           (in a border town) 
     C            Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7 
In a border town 


OUTRO: Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am   Cmaj7  C  Am7  Am