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Carmen

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

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Readable chord sheet for Carmen by Lana Del Rey

[C#madd9]   [C#madd9]   [Aadd9]   [F#m]

[C#m]Darling, darling, [E]doesn’t have a problem.
[A]Lying to herself ’cause her [F#m]liquor’s top shelf.
It’s a[C#m]larming, honestly, how [E]charming she can be.
[A]Fooling everyone telling [F#m]how she’s having fun.

   [C#m]She says, “You don’t want to be like me.
   [E]Don’t want to see all the things I’ve seen.”
   I’m [A]dying, I’m [F#m]dying.
   [C#m]She says, “You don’t want to get this way,
   [E]Famous and dumb at an early age.”
   [A]Lying, I’m [F#m]lying.

     The [C#m]boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
     She [A]gives them butterflies, bats her [F#m]cartoon [Abm]eyes.
     She [C#m]laughs like God, her mind’s like a diamond.
     [A]Audiotune lies. [F#m]She’s still [Abm]shining
   [A]  Like light[F#m]ning, ooh-o[A]oh, white light[F#m]ning[F#m7].    [F#m]

Carmen, Carmen, staying up till morning.
Only seventeen, but she walks the streets so mean.
It’s alarming, truly, how disarming you can be.
Eating soft ice cream, Coney Island queen.

   She says, “You don’t want to be like me,
   Looking for fun, getting high for free.”
   I’m dying, I’m dying.
   She says, “You don’t want to get this way,
   Street walk at night and a star by day.”
   It’s tiring, tiring.

     The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
     She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes.
     She laughs like God, her mind’s like a diamond.
     Audiotune lies. She’s still shining
     Like lightning, ooh-ooh, white lightning.

   [B]Baby’s all dressed up with no[C#m]where to go.
   [Abm]That’s the little story of the [A]girl you know.
   Re[B]lying on the kindness of [C#m]strangers,
   [A]Tying cherry knots, smiling, doing party favours.
[F#m]   Put your red dress on, put your lipstick [A]on.
   Sing your song, song, now the camera’s on.
[F#m]   And you’re alive again

[C#madd9]   Mon amour, je sais que tu m'aimes[C#m7] aussi,
   [Aadd9]Tu as besoin de moi,
[F#m]   Tu as besoin de [Abm]mon dans ta vi[C#madd9]e.
   Tu ne peux plus vivre sans mo[C#m7]i
   Et [A]je mourrais sans toi.
   Je [F#m]tuerais pour [Abm]toi.

     The boys, the girls, they all like Carmen.
     She gives them butterflies, bats her cartoon eyes.
     She laughs like God, her mind’s like a diamond.
     Audiotune lies. She’s still shining
     Like lightning, ooh-ooh, white lightning.
   [A]  Like light[F#m]ning, ooh-o[A]oh, white light[F#m]ning[F#m7].    [F#m]

[C#m]Darling, darling, doesn’t have a problem.
[A]Lying to herself ’cause her [F#m]liquor’s top shelf.

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