Border Town Chords
Border Town by Gretchen Peters is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of C. It uses the chords Cmaj7, C, Am7, Am, G, Dm, F and C6. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
CAPO: 2
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
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
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
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