Carmella
April-July 2019, Gibson Chase-Pinkney

(I-1)
Carmella was sweet and pale as the petals,...
/ G C->Am Em - / G C->Am Em - / C B7 Em C / Am C DD7 G /

(I-2)
Because she had seen the way others were treated...
/ G C->Am Em - / G C->Am Em - / C B7 Em C / Am C DD7 G /

(II-1)
She knew that she had to evade this dark fate...
/ G C Em - / C B7 Em - / G C Em - / Am - B7 - /

(III-1)
So she got some black ink, and a few safety pins.
/ B7 - Am Em / B7 - Am Em / B7 - Em - / C - B7 - /

(IIII-1)
When her folks saw her arm they were stunned and confused...
/ Am B7 Em B7 / C - B7 - / C B7 Em C / Am->C DD7 G / 

(V)
Baggy clothes and short hair, and a new way of talking...
/ Em - B7 - / Am - B7 - / C - G - / Am - B7 - /

(VI)
But she wondered sometimes; was she losing herself?...
/ Am B7 Em G / C->Am G->Em B7 / Am B7 Em C / Am - B7 - /

(VII)
Carmella got glimpses of what she surrendered...
/ B7 - Em->G / Am - B7 - / C - G - / C D D7 G /

(I-3)
The passing of time  seemed unkind to her friends,...
/ G C->Am Em - / G C->Am Em - / C B7 Em C / Am C DD7 G /

(I-4)
But Carmella didn’t notice much of a change...
/ G C->Am Em - / G C->Am Em - / C B7 Em C / Am C DD7 G /

(II-2)
As an elder, Carmella would often reflect...
/ G C Em - / C B7 Em - / G C Em - / Am - B7 - /

(III-2)
Because most flowers bloom for just a few days...
/ B7 - Am Em / B7 - Am Em / B7 - Em - / C - B7 - /

(IIII-2)
Carmella never mourned for the life she had led...
/ Am B7 Em B7 / C - B7 - / C B7 Em C / Am->C DD7 G / 



Em->G etc means to do a walk up or down from one chord to the other.

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