CARMELITA

    Warren Zevon


           E
    I hear mariachi static on the radio
                                   B7
    and the tubes they glow in the dark.

    And I'm there with her in Encinada
                          E
    when I'm here in Echo Park



    CHORUS:

         A
    Carmelita, hold me tighter
      E                A
    I think I'm sinkin down.
            E                 B7
    And I'm all strung-out on heroin
                          E
    on the out--skirts of town.


             E
    Well I'm sittin' here playin' solitaire
                          B7
    with my pearl handled deck.

    The county won't give me no more methadone
                                  E
    and they cut off your welfare check.

    (Chorus)


           E
    Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson
                          B7
    and I went to meet my man.

    He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
                           E
    by the Pioneer Chicken stand.

    (Chorus)

    (Chorus)