San Angelo Chords by Don Edwards

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North of the border of old Mexico, I wrote one day to the cow town of San [G] Angelo.
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The hot sun was glowing, the hot breeze was blowing, still not as warm as the lips that I waited [A] to give. _ _ _
She sent a message a long time ago, Socorro had promised to meet me in San [E] Angelo.
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I was aware of the chance I was taken, I was an outlaw, but great was my love [A] for this girl. _ _ _
I must be with her, I can't stay away, Nights spent without her are lonely and [B] so [E] are the days. _ _ _
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If it means death, I'll have to chance it, Only [Bm] a few minutes [E] more and she'll be by [A] my side. _ _ _ _
[D] At ten o'clock in the morning, _ I tied my horse and I started to walk down the [A] street. _ _ _ _ _
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Where was Socorro?
Had she forgotten?
This was the day and the hour that she wanted [D] to meet.
_ [E] But something is wrong with [A] our plans and I fear death [E] awaits me, _ _ _ here on this hot dusty [A] street. _
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Up on a housetop, but still I can see, There hides a man with a rifle, it's pointed [E] at me. _ _ _ _
I might escape from the man with the rifle, But there are others just like him that I [A] cannot see. _ _ _
Back of each window, the click of a gun, Guy if I stay, but my love for her [B] won't let [Em] me [Bm] roam.
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Where is Socorro?
Will my eyes see her?
Then in a moment she runs from a door down [A] the street. _ _ _ _
[D] Up on your horse she is crying, Ride out of town, it's a trap and they're waiting [A] for you. _ _ _ _
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If I ride out, she must ride with me, Then in a moment I know that our chances [D] are gone.
For [E] a bullet is well on [A] its way, And it finds my [E] Socorro. _ _ _
She cries as she falls in [A] my arms, _ _ _ _ _
Over and over her soft lips did say,
Now we're together, I won't let them take you [E] away. _ _ _ _
One little sigh, her little lips trembled, Then [Bm] it was over, Socorro had drifted [A] away. _ _ _ _
Tears dim my vision, but plainly I see, The ranger that killed her is standing there waiting [E] for me. _ _ _ _
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I rise to meet him, my one [Bm] thought is beat him, [E] He deserves death and I swear that this ranger [A] will die. _ _ _ _
[D] I beat his draw and I shot him, Shot him six times just as fast as the bullets [A] could fly. _ _ _ _
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My gun is empty or more I would shoot him, Now there are others just like him that want me [D] to die.
[E] Their bullets are coming [A] my way, How they hurt when [E] they hit me. _ _
The pain makes me fall [A] to the ground, _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight.
I hear the sound of the lead as it robs [E] me of life. _ _ _ _
If I must die, let me find Socorro, Let me hold [Bm] on to her hand for the few [A] moments left. _ _ _ _
Blindly I search and it isn't in vain, I touch her soft velvet hands and it eases [Em] the [Bm] pain.
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Life is no more, but we're together, Even in death she's my lover, it's over, goodbye.
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