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Border Town  Gretchen Peters

CAPO: 2nd Fret
INTRO: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Am Cmaj7
Carme[C]lita was a street angel
But [Am7]she kept her halo [Am]hid[Cmaj7]
Never [C]learned to read or write so well
She was[G] just a farmer's kid[Cmaj7]
She took com[C]munion at the age of twelve
[Am7]She wore a cross of [Am]wood[Dm]
She heard the clanging of the mission bell
And she[G] vowed that she'd be good
CHORUS:
But the [F]world [C]goes '[C6]round
And it's [C]hard enough to stand your ground
There's always [F]someone trying to keep you [G]down
In a [C]border town[Cmaj7] [C] [Am7] [Am] [Cmaj7]
Mama[C]cita said, you can't go down
Stay a[Am7]way from the white man's [Am]world[Cmaj7]
She drew the [C]line at the edge of town
For her[G] little dark-haired girl[Cmaj7]
But Carme[C]lita she had other plans
And her [Am7]life had just be[Am]gun[Dm]
She ran away with a black-eyed man
And he [G]left her with a black-eyed son
CHORUS:
And the [F]world [C]goes '[C6]round
And it's [C]hard enough to stand your ground
There's always [F]someone trying to keep you [G]down
In a [C]border town
INSTRUMENTAL: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7
Carme[C]lita, now she's settling down
She's [Am7]not so free and [Am]wild[Cmaj7]
She rides a bus all the [C]way across town
To [G]love somebody else's child[Cmaj7]
Shows up each morning [C]right on time
And at[Am7] six o'clock she's [Am]gone[Dm]
She keeps her distance and she toes the line
'Cause she[G] knows where it's been drawn
CHORUS:
And the [F]world [C]goes '[C6]round
And it's [C]hard enough to stand your ground
There's always [F]someone trying to keep you [G]down
In a [C]border town [Cmaj7] [C] ([Am7]in a border t[Am]own)
In a [C]border town[Cmaj7] [C] [Am7] [Am] [Cmaj7]
OUTRO: Cmaj7 C Am7 Am Cmaj7 C Am7 Am

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