Tabbed by Jason O. Kaveh


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

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


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     F
Carmelita, hold me tighter
  C                 F
I think I'm sinkin' down.
        C                 G
And I'm all strung-out on heroin
       G              C
on the out--skirts of town.


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

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


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         C
Well I'm sittin' here playin' Russian roulette
                      G
with my pearl handled gun.

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


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