Border Town chords by Gretchen Peters

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Gretchen Peters - Border Town


CAPO: 2nd Fret


INTRO: Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC  Am7Am7  A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC  A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7

   C majorC
Carmelita was a street angel
  Am7Am7        A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7
But she kept her halo hid
   C majorC
Never learned to read or write so well
    G+G           Cmaj7Cmaj7
She was just a farmer's kid
      C majorC
She took communion at the age of twelve
Am7Am7         A minorAm  DmDm
She wore a cross of wood

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

CHORUS:
    FF   C majorC   C6C6
But the world goes 'round
     C majorC
And it's hard enough to stand your ground
        FF             G+G
There's always someone trying to keep you down
   C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7
In a border town


  C majorC
Mamacita said, you can't go down
   Am7Am7           A minorAm   Cmaj7Cmaj7
Stay away from the white man's world
       C majorC
She drew the line at the edge of town
    G+G             Cmaj7Cmaj7
For her little dark-haired girl
     C majorC
But Carmelita she had other plans
    Am7Am7       A minorAm  DmDm
And her life had just begun

She ran away with a black-eyed man
    G+G
And he left her with a black-eyed son

CHORUS:
    FF   C majorC   C6C6
And the world goes 'round
     C majorC
And it's hard enough to stand your ground
        FF             G+G
There's always someone trying to keep you down
   C majorC
In a border town


INSTRUMENTAL: Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7


   C majorC
Carmelita, now she's settling down
   Am7Am7       A minorAm   Cmaj7Cmaj7
She's not so free and wild
            C majorC
She rides a bus all the way across town
  G+G              Cmaj7Cmaj7
To love somebody else's child
           C majorC
Shows up each morning right on time
   Am7Am7        A minorAm  DmDm
And at six o'clock she's gone

She keeps her distance and she toes the line
     G+G
'Cause she knows where it's been drawn


CHORUS:
    FF   C majorC   C6C6
And the world goes 'round
     C majorC
And it's hard enough to stand your ground
        FF             G+G
There's always someone trying to keep you down
   C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7     A minorAm
In a border town      (in a border town)
   C majorC      Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7
In a border town


OUTRO: Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm  Cmaj7Cmaj7 C majorC Am7Am7 A minorAm