Carlos Is Crying chords by The Hold Steady

♫ Intro:

F | F F B Fb | Fm | Fm   |
F | F F B Fb | Fm | N.C. |


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

♫ Verse 2:
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Carlos had been distant since his sister went to Denver with that dickhead
            F                                                 B      Fb  Fm
The dude claimed he was a carpenter but no one ever saw him pound a nail
    Gb                                                          C
And Carlos knew his sister was old enough to make her own decisions
              F                                                 Gb        F  N.C.
But he hopes she isn't home when they finally come to take that jerk to jail


♫ Chorus:
     F
Now Carlos starts crying

And we're all kind of frightened
    Gb
And every single person at the table stops talking
          C
And he's sobbing and shaking

And yeah, we've been drinking
          F                 Gb
But it's different for boys
         F
He said how did this happen?

It feels like we're drifting
        Gb
Are you sure we're even asking all the pertinent questions?
 C
Turn on the burner and the butter will blacken
      F                                 Gb
Don't act like this was even our choice


♫ Verse 3:
Fm                                               B  Gm  Fm
Mickey got up to get some money to put into the jukebox
      F                                                        B     Fb        Fm
The waitress brought some water and then quickly scurried off back towards the bar
Gb                                                          C
Carlos didn't even seem to care who was taking in the breakdown
  F                                                     Gb   F  N.C.
I asked him if he wanted me to offer to walk him to his car


♫ Chorus:
         F
He said how did we get here?

We started as skaters
      Gb
Then you got your license and then graduation
         C
Then I changed medications and everything after
           F                    Gb
Went sideways including tonight
     F
You had a Screamer with trackers and OJs
      Gb
And I had a Steadham with Bones and a dome tail
         C
And if failure's a trick then we learned pretty quick
         F
It just took a few times to get right


♫ Bridge:
                  B
Man, we used to glide
                          Gb
We used to hang like the smoke
                         B
We'd show off for my sister
                           Gb
We didn't mind being broke
    F                                        C
Now every conversation I have is about money
        F                                                C
And I leave home in the morning but then I just keep driving
   F                                    C
I kill off the day until you guys stop working
      F
Then pitchers at Skippers
    N.C.
Now Carlos is crying


♫ Chorus:
 F
Carlos is crying

Because he didn't tell his girlfriend
         Gb
That he stopped showing up at his job in the morning
          C
And it's been a few weeks

And he knows it's not sweet
          F
And he's sobbing and shaking

And all I can say is
   F
I love you, I feel you

I know that you're hurting
        Gb
You're scared for your sister

You haven't been working
  Fm
I love you, I feel you
     C
I'm sorry you're hurting
     F
But turn off the burner

The butter is burning