C5
    I hear mariachi static on the radio
                                   G5
    and the tubes they glow in the dark.

    And I&#039;m there with her in Encinada
                          C5
    when I&#039;m here in Echo Park

(refr?o)
         F5
    Carmelita, hold me tighter
      C5                F5
    I think I&#039;m sinkin down.
            C5                 G5
    And I&#039;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&#039;m sittin&#039; here playin&#039; russian roulet
                          G5
    with my pearl handled gun.

    The county won&#039;t give me no more methadone
                                  C5
    and they cut off your welfare check.

(refr?o 2x)