Capo 9 or transpose -3
Verse 1
[Em] [G]
Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem.
[C] [Am]
Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf.
[Em] [G]
It's alarming, honestly, how charming she can be.
[C] [Am]
Fooling everyone telling how she's having fun.
Pre-Chorus
[Em]
She says, 'You don't want to be like me.
[G]
Don't want to see all the things I've seen.'
[C] [Am]
I'm dying, I'm dying.
[Em]
She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[G]
Famous and dumb at an early age.'
[C] [Am]
Lying, I'm lying.
Chorus
[Em]
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes.
[Em]
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
Audio-tune lies. She's still shining
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [Am7] [Am]
Like lightning, ooh-ooh, white lightning.
Verse 2
[Em] [G]
Carmen, Carmen, staying up till morning.
[C] [Am]
Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean.
[Em] [G]
It's alarming, truly, how disarming you can be.
[C] [Am]
Eating soft ice cream, Coney Island queen.
Pre-Chorus
[Em]
She says, 'You don't want to be like me,
[G]
Looking for fun, getting high for free.'
[C] [Am]
I'm dying, I'm dying.
[Em]
She says, 'You don't want to get this way,
[G]
Street walk at night and a star by day.'
[C] [Am]
It's tiring, tiring.
Chorus
[Em]
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes.
[Em]
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
Audio-tune lies. She's still shining
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [Am7] [Am]
Like lightning, ooh-ooh, white lightning.
Bridge
[D] [Em]
Baby's all dressed up with nowhere to go.
[Bm] [C]
That's the little story of the girl you know.
[D] [Em]
Relying on the kindness of strangers,
[C]
Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours.
[Am] [C]
Put your red dress on, put your lipstick on.
Sing your song, song, now the camera's on.
[Am]
And you're alive again.
[Fmadd9] [Em7]
Mon amour, je sais que tu m'aimes aussi,
[Cadd9]
Tu as besoin de moi,
[Am] [Bm] [Fmadd9]
Tu as besoin de moi dans ta vie.
[Em7]
Tu ne peux plus vivre sans moi
[C]
Et je mourrais sans toi.
[Am] [Bm]
Je tuerais pour toi.
Chorus
[Em]
The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes.
[Em]
She laughs like God, her mind's like a diamond.
[C] [Am] [Bm]
Audio-tune lies. She's still shining
[C] [Am] [C] [Am] [Am7] [Am]
Like lightning, ooh-ooh, white lightning.
Outro
[Em]
Darling, darling, doesn't have a problem.
[C] [Am]
Lying to herself 'cause her liquor's top shelf.
