C
    I hear mariachi static on the radio
                                   G7
    and the tubes they glow in the dark.

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

(refr?o)
         F
    Carmelita, hold me tighter
      C                F
    I think I'm sinkin down.
            C                 G7
    And I'm all strung-out on heroin
                          C
    on the out--skirts of town.

           C
    Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson
                          G7
    and I went to meet my man.

    He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
                           C
    by the County Chicken stand.

(refr?o)

             C
    Well I'm sittin' here playin' russian roulet
                          G7
    with my pearl handled gun.

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

(refr?o 2x)