Border Town chords by Gretchen Peters

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
Carmelita was a street  (D major) 
Bm 
D 
angel but she  (B minor) kept her halo hid  (D major) 
Never learned to read or write so well,
A 
she was  (A major) just a farmer's kid
D 
 (D major) She took communion at the age of twelve,
Bm 
 (B minor) she wore a cross of wood
Em 
 (E minor) She heard the clanging of the mission bell
A 
And she  (A major) vowed that she'd be good

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Verse 2

But the world goes round and it's hard

enough to stand your ground

There's always someone tryin' to keep

you down in a border town

Verse 3
D 
 (D major) 
Mamacita said you can't go down,
Bm 
stay away  (B minor) from the white man's world
D 
A 
 (D major) She drew the line at the edge of town for her  (A major) little,
dark-haired girl
girl
D 
 (D major) But Carmelita she had other plans
Bm 
and her  (B minor) life had just begun
Em 
 (E minor) She ran away with a black-eyed man man
A 
and he  (A major) left her with a black-eyed son
son

Verse 4

But the world goes round and it's hard

enough to stand your ground

There's always someone tryin' to keep you

down in a border town

Interlude 1

Verse 5
D 
Carmelita, now she's  (D major) settlin' down,
Bm 
D 
she's not  (B minor) so free and wild  (D major) 
She rides a bus, all the way across town
A 
to  (A major) love somebody else's child
D 
 (D major) Shows up each morning,
Bm 
right on time and  (B minor) at  six o'clock, she's gone
Em 
 (E minor) She keeps her distance and
she toes the line
A 
'Cause she  (A major) knows where
it's been drawn