El Paso Chords by Marty Robbins

[D] _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ [B] _ _
[A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _ _
Out in the West [Em] Texas town of El Paso [A] I fell in love with [D] a Mexican girl _ _ _
Nighttime would find [Em] me in Rose's Cantina [A] music would play and Felina [D] would whirl _ _ _
_ Blacker than [Em] night were the eyes of [G] Felina [A] wicked and evil while casting [D] a spell _ _ _
My love was deep for [Em] this Mexican maiden [A] I was [D] in love but in vain I could tell _ _ _
[G] One night a wild young cowboy came in wild as the West [D] Texas _ _ _ wind
_ _ _ _ _ Dashing and daring a drink he was sharing with wicked [G] Felina the girl that [Em] I love
So [G] in anger [D] I challenged his [Em] right for the love of this maiden [A] down with his hand [D] for the gun that he wore
_ My challenge was [Em] answered in less than a [A] heartbeat I had some young [D] stranger lay dead on the floor
Out _ [G] through the back door of Rose's I ran out where the horses [D] were tied _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I
Caught a good one.
It looked like it could run up on its back and away.
I [G] did right just [A] as fast
[D] As I could from the West Texas [Em] town of El Paso [A] back to the badlands of [D] New Mexico
_ Back _ in El [Em] Paso my life would be worthless
[A] Everything's gone in life.
[D] Nothing is left _ _ _
_ It's been so long [Em] since I've seen the young me [A] my [D] love is stronger than my fear of death _ _ [G] I
Saddle up and away I did go riding alone in [D] the dark _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Maybe tomorrow a bullet may find me tonight.
Nothing's worse than this pain in my [G] heart [A] and
at last [D] here I am
On the hill [Em] overlooking El [A] Paso I can see Rose's [D] cantina below
_ _ My love is strong [Em] and it pushes me onward down [A] off the hill to [D] Felina I go
_ Off _ to my right I [Em] see five mounted cowboys [A] to my left right a dozen [D]
more
_ Shouting _ and [Em] shooting I can't let them [A] catch me.
I have to make it to [D] Rose's back door
_ _ _ [G] Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel a deep burning pain in my [D] _ _
side _ _ _ _ _ _
Though I am trying to stay in the saddle, I'm getting weary unable [G] to ride but [A] my love
Felina is [Em] strong and I rise where I fall.
[Am] Though I [D] am weary.
I can't stop to _ rest _
I see the white [Em] puff of smoke from the rifle.
[A] I feel the bullet go [D] deep in my _ _ chest
From out of [Em] nowhere Felina has found [A] me kissing my cheek as she kneels [D] by my side _ _ _
Cradled by two [Em] loving arms that I'll die for [A] one little kiss and [D] Felina _ Good _ Bye _ _ _ _ _ _