Gretchen Peters

Border Town(Chords)

Gretchen Peters

Key: C

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	        CAPO: 2

Intro: Cmaj7  C   Am7   Am   Cmaj7  C   Am   Cmaj7 

     C 
Carmelita was a street angel 
    Am7               Am    Cmaj7 
But she kept her halo hid 
      C 
Never learned to read or write so well 
       G                     Cmaj7 
She was just a farmer's kid 
            C 
She took communion at the age of twelve 
Am7                 Am    Dm 
She wore a cross of wood 

She heard the clanging of the mission bell 
       G 
And she vowed that she'd be good 


F C C6 But the world goes 'round C And it's hard enough to stand your ground F G There's always someone trying to keep you down C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 In a border town
C Mamacita said, you can't go down Am7 Am Cmaj7 Stay away from the white man's world C She drew the line at the edge of town G Cmaj7 For her little dark-haired girl C But Carmelita she had other plans Am7 Am Dm And her life had just begun She ran away with a black-eyed man G And he left her with a black-eyed son
F C C6 And the world goes 'round C And it's hard enough to stand your ground F G There's always someone trying to keep you down C In a border town
Instrumental: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Carmelita, now she's settling down Am7 Am Cmaj7 She's not so free and wild C She rides a bus all the way across town G Cmaj7 To love somebody else's child C Shows up each morning right on time Am7 Am Dm And at six o'clock she's gone She keeps her distance and she toes the line G 'Cause she knows where it's been drawn
F C C6 And the world goes 'round C And it's hard enough to stand your ground F G There's always someone trying to keep you down C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am In a border town (in a border town) C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 In a border town
OUTRO: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Am7 Am

Written by Gretchen Peters

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