Carlos is Crying chords by
The Hold Steady

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Key: C major

Intro 1

The

Verse 1
singer kind of
slaughtered I Wanna Be Your Lover
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And someone went to fetch
a few more pitchers.
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It wasn't all that crowded because the
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softball games had washed out in the rain.
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I'd slipped out of my shift on some sort
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of screw up with the schedule.
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There's a couple newer places by the river
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but Skippers is mainly where we hang.

Verse 2
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Carlos had been distant since his sister went
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to Denver with that dickhead.
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The dude claimed he was a carpenter but
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no one ever saw him pound a nail.
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And Carlos knew his sister was old
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enough to make her own decisions.
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But he hopes she isn't home when they finally
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come to take that jerk to jail.
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Verse 3
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Now Carlos starts crying and
we're all kind of frightened.
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Every single person at the table
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stops talking.
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And he's sobbing and shaking and
yeah we've been drinking
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But it's different for boys.
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He  said

Verse 4
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how did this happen?
It feels like we're drifting.
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Are you sure we're even asking
all the pertinent questions?
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Turn on the burner and
the butter will blacken.
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Don't act like this was even our choice.
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Mick

Verse 5
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ey got up to get some money
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to put into the jukebox.
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The waitress brought some water and then quickly scurried off back towards the
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bar. Carlos didn't even seem to care who was taking in the breakdown.
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I asked him if he wanted me to
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offer to walk him to his car.
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Verse 6
He said how did we get here?
We started as skaters.
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Then you got your license
and then graduation
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Then I changed medications and
everything after
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Went sideways including tonight.

Verse 7
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You had a Screamer with trackers and OJs
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And I had a Steadham with
Bones and a dome tail.
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And if failure's a trick then
we learned pretty quick.
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It just took a few times to get right.

Verse 8
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Man, we used to glide.
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We used to hang like the smoke.
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We'd show off for my sister.
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We didn't mind being broke.
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Now every conversation I
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have is about money.
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And I leave home in the morning
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but then I just keep driving.
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Kill off the day un  til you
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guys stop working
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Then pitchers at Skippers
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now Carlos is  crying.
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Verse 9
Carlos is crying because
he didn't tell his girlfriend
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That he stopped showing up
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at his job in the morning.
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And it's been a few weeks
and he knows it's not sweet.
And he's sobbing an
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d shaking and all I can say is

Verse 10
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I  love you I feel you I know
that you're hurting.
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You're scared for your sister.
You haven't been working.
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I love you I feel you I'm
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sorry you're hurting but
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Turn off the burner the butter is burning.

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