Border Town chords by Gretchen Peters

Gretchen Peters - Border Town


CAPO: 2nd Fret



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


CHORUS:
        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


CHORUS:
        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


CHORUS:
        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