Border Town chords by
Gretchen Peters

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Key: D major•

Intro 1

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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A

A

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Verse 1

D

D

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Carmelita was a street

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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angel but she kept her halo hid

Never learned to read or write so well,

A

A

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she was just a farmer's kid

D

D

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She took communion at the age of twelve,

Bm

Bm

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she wore a cross of wood

Em

Em

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She heard the clanging of the mission bell

A

A

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And she vowed that she'd be good

Verse 2

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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But the world goes round and it's hard

enough to stand your ground

G

G

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There's always someone tryin' to keep

A

A

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D

D

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you down in a border town

Bm

Bm

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Verse 3

D

D

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Mamacita said you can't go down,

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Bm

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stay away from the white man's world

D

D

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A

A

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She drew the line at the edge of town for her little,

dark-haired girl

girl

D

D

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But Carmelita she had other plans

Bm

Bm

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and her life had just begun

Em

Em

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She ran away with a black-eyed man man

A

A

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and he left her with a black-eyed son

son

Verse 4

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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But the world goes round and it's hard

enough to stand your ground

G

G

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There's always someone tryin' to keep you

A

A

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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down in a border town

Interlude 1

D

D

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Bm

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D

D

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Verse 5

D

D

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Carmelita, now she's settlin' down,

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Bm

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D

D

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she's not so free and wild

She rides a bus, all the way across town

A

A

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to love somebody else's child

D

D

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Shows up each morning,

Bm

Bm

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right on time and at six o'clock, she's gone

Em

Em

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She keeps her distance and

she toes the line

A

A

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'Cause she knows where

it's been drawn

Verse 6

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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But the world goes round and it's hard

enough to stand your ground

G

G

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A

A

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There's always someone tryin' to keep you down

D

D

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Bm

Bm

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in a border town

Outro 1

Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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Bm

Bm

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D

D

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ChordsD Bm A Em G

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