C
I hear mariachi static on the radio
G
and the tubes they glow in the dark
And I'm there with her in Encinada
C
when I'm here in Echo Park
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F
Carmelita hold me tighter
C F
I think I'm sinkin' down
C G
And I'm all strung-out on heroin
G C
on the out--skirts of town
C
Well I pawned my Smith and Wesson
G
and I went to meet my man
He hangs out down on Alvarado Street
C
by the County Pioneer Chicken stand
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C
Well I'm sittin' here playin' Russian roulette
G
with my pearl handled gun
The county won't give me no more methadone
C
and they cut off your welfare check
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