C5
    I hear mariachi static on the radio
                                   G5
    and the tubes they glow in the dark.

    And I'm there with her in Encinada
                          C5
    when I'm here in Echo Park

(refr?o)
         F5
    Carmelita, hold me tighter
      C5                F5
    I think I'm sinkin down.
            C5                 G5
    And I'm all strung-out on heroin
                          C5
    on the out--skirts of town.

           C5
    Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson
                          G5
    and I went to meet my man.

    He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
                           C5
    by the County Chicken stand.

(refr?o)

             C5
    Well I'm sittin' here playin' russian roulet
                          G5
    with my pearl handled gun.

    The county won't give me no more methadone
                                  C5
    and they cut off your welfare check.

(refr?o 2x)