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1. I hear mariachi static on the radio,

                                                       B7

    and the tubes they glow in the dark.

                    B7

    And I'm there with her in Ensenada,

                                            E

    when I'm here in Echo Park.

 

           A                                  E                         A

Carmelita, hold me tighter, I think I'm sinking down,

              E                         B7                                   E

and I'm all strung out on heroin on the outskirts of town.

 

                    E

2. Well, I'm sitting here playing solitaire,

                                           B7

    with my pearl handled deck.

              B7

    The county won't give me no more methadone,

                                                       E

    and they cut off your welfare check.

 

+  CHORUS        +  instrumental = verse 2 & CHORUS

 

                 E

3. Well, I pawned my Smith Corona,

                                            B7

    and I went to meet my man.

            B7

    He hangs out down on Alvarado Street,

                                              E

    by the Pioneer Chicken Stand.

 

+  CHORUS (2x)      +  E - B7 - E (2x)

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