Fred Eaglesmith - Carmelita

^DDown along the railroad tracks I^Am ran into my old friend Jack. ^CHe was dressed in his Sunday best but his ^Gface was red and his^D eyes were dead. He ^Dsaid, "I lost Marina, and the ^Amlast place that I seen her, ^CShe was makin' ^Goff with my best ^Dfriend."

I ^Dtook him to the water. ^AmI spent fifty dollars On ^Csomething that would ^Gtake him to the ^Dmoon. Well he ^Dmust have gone to heaven 'cause ^Amjust before I left him, I ^Ctried to wake him ^Gup but he wouldn't ^Dmove.

So ^Dcome on, Carmelita, you ^Amdrank too much and I can see that ^CSoon you're gonna ^Gneed a breath of ^Dair. We'll ^Ddance across the wheat field, there's a ^Amplace I know just east of here And it ^Cwouldn't take too ^Glong to go down ^Dthere. We'll ^Amsleep out on the ground And in the ^Cmorning when we wake up, we'll leave tow^Gn. ^D

And I ^Dpicked my last tobacco leaf, ^Amsoaking wet up to my knees, ^COut there before the ^Gsun was on the ^Drise. And you can ^Dhave a drink of water, but ^Amdon't you look at my daughter, Or I'll ^Ccome down there and c^Gut you with this ^Dknife.

So ^Dcome on, Carmelita, you ^Amdrank too much and I can see that ^CSoon you're gonna ^Gneed a breath of ^Dair. We'll ^Ddance across the wheat fields, there's a^Am place I know just east of here And it ^Cwouldn't take too ^Glong to go down ^Dthere. We'll ^Amsleep out on the ground And in the ^Cmorning when we wake up, we'll leave tow^Gn. ^D

^DThere ain't any flack man, but ^Amif you're a black man They'll ^Cput you on a ^Gplane back to where you're ^Dfrom.

So ^Dcome on, Carmelita, you ^Amdrank too much and I can see that ^CSoon you're gonna ^Gneed a breath of ^Dair. We'll ^Ddance across the wheat fields, there's a^Am place I know just east of here And it ^Cwouldn't take too ^Glong to go down ^Dthere. We'll ^Amsleep out on the ground And in the ^Cmorning when we wake up, we'll leave tow^Gn. ^D