E  A  B  A  B  E

[Verse]

E
South of the border and busted
A
Caught by a woman I trusted
              B
Now don't you call me a fool
              A
It could have happened to you

It's just my luck
          B         E
It had to happen to me

E
Sweet Carmelita betrayed me
           A
She said, "Take me home, serenade me."
B                      A
I figured a song could do me no wrong
                  B             E
I didn't know how wrong I could be

[Chorus 1]

     A                         E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
            F#m
It'll be so easy
B                             A        B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
              A                                   E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
          F#m           B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A            B           E
Goodbye easy money, easy money

[Verse]

E
The chiquita must have told 'em my story
               A
'Cause when my eyes finally focused next morning
     B                     A
Carmelita had spoken 'bout guitars and some coke
                        B             E
And she laughed as they slapped me in chains

E
I was thrown in cell with a killer
  A
A convict who coughed through the night
      B                     A
While I laid awake with the chills and shakes
             B         E
Hoping for a file in a cake

[Chorus 1]

     A                         E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
            F#m
It'll be so easy
B                             A        B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
              A                                   E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
          F#m           B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A            B           E
Goodbye easy money, easy money

[Solo]
(over verse & chorus pattern)

E  A  B  A  B  E  (X2)
A  E  F#m  B  A  B  A  E  F#m  B  A  B  E

[Chorus 2]

     A                         E
Easy money for just one run to Peru
            F#m
It'll be so easy
B                             A        B
We'll have no trouble gettin' through
              A                                   E
Well I almost made it, except for that one border guard
          F#m           B
He opened up my guitar, hello prison yard
A                      B
Just to make me mad he smashed my guitar
A                 B            E
Goodbye, goodbye, goodbye easy money

[Outro]

E  A  B  A  B  E