CARMELITA Fred J. Eaglesmith Intro: D ' ' ' (x2) D Am Down along the railroad tracks I ran into my old friend Jack. C G D He was dressed in his Sunday best but his face was red and his eyes were dead. D Am He said, "I lost Marina, and the last place that I seen her, C G D She was makin' off with my best friend." D Am I took him to the water. I spent fifty dollars C G D On something that would take him to the moon. D Am Well he must have gone to heaven 'cause just before I left him, C G D I tried to wake him up but he wouldn't move. Chorus: D Am So come on, Carmelita, you drank too much and I can see that C G D Soon you're gonna need a breath of air. D Am We'll dance across the wheat field, there's a place I know just east of here C G D And it wouldn't take too long to go down there. Am We'll sleep out on the ground C G - D And in the morning when we wake up, we'll leave town. D Am And I picked my last tobacco leaf, soaking wet up to my knees, C G D Out there before the sun was on the rise. D Am And you can have a drink of water, but don't you look at my daughter, C G D Or I'll come down there and cut you with this knife. (Chorus) D Am There ain't any flack man, but if you're a black man C G D They'll put you on a plane back to where you're from. (Chorus)