Carmelita

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  • Acoustic Guitar 1 main lead guitar
    Acoustic Guitar 2 is rhythm
    Acoustic Guitar 3 is capoed 3rd fret (Part of Solo)
  •  
    Tuning: standard
     
  • Intro
    Acoustic 2 [ E ]
    Acoustic 1
  • e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|----------1-2--1-2-1----------------------------------------------1-2-1----|
  • D|--------2-------------2----1-2-1----1------------------------2-4---------4-|
    A|---2-4----------------------------2---2-----0-2-4-2-0----------------------|
    E|------------------------------------------------------4--0-----------------|
  • Acoustic 2 (Contiune rhythm)
    Acoustic 1
    e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|-1-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|---4--2--------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    Verse 1:
  • Acoustic 2 (Contiune Rhythm throughout)
     
    I hear mariachi static on my radio and the tubes they glow in the dark
  • [ B7 ] [ E ]
    And I'm there with her in Ensenada and I'm here in Echo Park
    Chorus:
  • [ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
    Carmelita____ hold_ me tighter____ I think I'm sinking___ down
    [ E ] [ B7 ] [ E ]
  • And I'm all strung out__ on herion on the out - skirts of town
     
    Verse 2:
  • [ E ]
    Well I'm sitting here playing solitare with my pearl handled deck
    [ B7 ]
  • The county won't give me no more methadone and they cut off your
    [ E ]
    welfare check
  •  
    Chorus:
    [ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
  • Carmelita____ hold_ me tighter____ I think I'm sinking___ down
    [ E ] [ B7 ] [ E ]
    And I'm all strung out__ on herion on the out - skirts of town
  • Guitar solo
    Guitar 2 (Rhythm) [ E ]
    Guitar 3 (capoed 3rd fret)
  • e|---------2-3-2------------------------0-2-3---3-2-0-2---5-5-5------3-5-3---|
    B|-----------------3--------------3-2-3--------------------------------------|
    G|--------------------2-0------2---------------------------------------------|
  • D|---0---------------------4-------------------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • [ B7 ]
    Acoustic 1
    e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • B|----------------------------------------------------2---2---2--2/4-4-5-----|
    G|--------------------------------------------------2---2---2----2/4-4-6-----|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    | Acoustic 3
  • e|-2----0-2-3-2-----2-0------------------------------------------------------|
    B|----3---------5-3-----3-5--2-----------------------------------------------|
    G|------------------------------2-4-2-0--------------------------------------|
  • D|--------------------------------------4--0-4-2-0---------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------7---------4-------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • Acoustic 1
    e|-------------------9--11---11/12--11-9------9-11-9------9----------------------|
    B|---5/7-7-8--9/10--10--------------------12----------12-----12-10-9----9-10-9---|
  • G|---6/8-8-9-10/11---------------------------------------------------11--------11|
    D|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    [ E ] [ A ] [ E ]
    e|--------5/7----9--9-------7--5----9--9-----12-12-12-12---9--7--------------|
  • B|---9----7/9---10-10-------9--7---10-10------------------------9------------|
    G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    [ A ] [ E ] [ B7 ]
  • e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|-----10-9-10-9--------------9----9-----------4---5-4-----4-----------------|
    G|---------------11-9------9-------9-------4-6---6-----6-4----6--4--2--------|
  • D|--------------------9-11---------9-----------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • [ E ]
    e|------------------------------------------0-----0--0--0--0--0---0---0---0--|
    B|----------------------------------------------0---5--4--2--0---------------|
  • G|---1-2-1---1--------------------------------6-----------------2--1---------|
    D|---------4---4-2-1---1-----------------------------------------------4-----|
    A|-------------------4---4-2-4-2-0-------------------------------------------|
  • E|----------------------------------4-2--0-----------------------------------|
     
    Verse 1:
  • Acoustic 2 (Contiune Rhythm)
    [ E ]
    Well I pawned my Smith Corona And I went to meet my man
  • [ B7 ] [ E ]
    He hangs out down on Alvardo Street By the Pioneer Chicken Stand
     
  • Chorus:
    [ E ] [ A ] [ E ] [ A ]
    Carmelita____ hold_ me tighter____ I think I'm sinking___ down
  • [ E ] [ B7 ] [ E ]
    And I'm all strung out__ on herion on the out - skirts of town
     
  • Acoustic 1
    e|-------------------------------------------------------------12-11-9-11-12-|
    B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  • E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
    e|-11-9-----11--9-------9-----------------------------------------------------|
  • B|-------12-------12-10---12-10-9----12-9-10-12-10-9----9-10-9----9-----------|
    G|---------------------------------------------------11--------11---11-9-8----|
    D|--------------------------------------------------------------------------11|
  • A|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    E|----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
     
  • e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
    G|--8-8/9------8-------------------------------------------------------------|
  • D|---------11-----11--9--7-6-6-7-6-----6-------------------------------------|
    A|----------------------------------9-----9--7--6-----7----------------------|
    E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  •  
    | / slide up
    | \ slide down
  • | h hammer-on
    | p pull-off
    | ~ vibrato
  • | + harmonic
    | x Mute note
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