El Paso Chords by Michael Martin Murphey

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_ _ _ _ Out in the West [Fm] Texas town of El Paso [Bb] I fell in love with a [Eb] Mexican girl
_ _ _ Night time would find me [Fm] in a roses cantina [Bb] Music would play and Felina [Eb] would whirl
_ _ _ _ Blacker than night [Ab] were the eyes of Felina [Bb] Wicked and evil while casting [Eb] a spell
_ _ _ My love was deep for [Fm] this Mexican [Bb] maiden Life was in love but in vain I [Eb] could tell
_ _ [Ab] _ One night a wild young cowboy came in Wild as the [Eb] West Texas _ wind _ _ _ _ _ _
Dashing [G] and daring [Eb] a drink he was sharing With [Bb] wicked Felina the [Eb] girl [Ab] that I love
[Bb] So in anger [Eb] I challenged his right [Fm] For the love of this maiden
[Bb] Down with his hand for the gun [Eb] that he wore _ _ _
My challenge was answered [Fm] in less than a heartbeat
[Bb] The handsome young stranger lay dead [Eb] on the floor
Out _
_ [Ab] through the back door of the roses I ran Out where the [Eb] horses were tied _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [Gm] I caught a good one it looked like it could [Eb] run
Up on its back in the way [Ab] I did ride [Bb] Just as fast [Eb] as I could
From the West [Fm] Texas town of El [Bb] Paso Out to the badlands of New [Eb] Mexico
_ Back _ _ in El Paso [Fm] my life would be worthless [Bb] Everything's gone in life nothing [Eb] is left
_ _ _ _ It's been so long since [Fm] I've seen the young maiden [Bb] My love is stronger than my [Eb] fear of death
_ _ _ [Ab] I saddled up and away I did go Riding [Eb] alone in the dark
_ _ Maybe _ _ _ _ _ _ [Bb] tomorrow [Eb] a bullet may find me Tonight nothing's worse than this [Ab] pain in my heart
[Bb] And at [Eb] last here I am On the hill [Fm] overlooking El [Bb] Paso
I can see Rose's [Eb] Cantina below My _ _ love is strong [Fm] it pushes me [Bb] onward
Down off the hill to [Eb] Felina I go
Off _ _ to my right [Fm] I see five mounted [Bb] cowboys Off to my left right a [Eb] dozen or more _ _
_ Shouting and shooting [Fm] I can't let them catch me [Bb] I have to make it to [Eb] Rose's back door
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_ [Ab] Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel A deep burning pain in [Eb] my _ soul _ _
_ _ _ Though I am trying to stay in the saddle I'm getting [Gm] weary [Ab] unable to ride
[Bb] But my love [Eb] for Felina is strong [Fm] I rise where I fall [Bb] Though I am weary I [Eb] can't stop to rest
_ _ _ _ I see the white [Fm] pulse of smoke from the [Bb] rifles I feel the bullet go [Eb] deep in my chest
_ _ _ From out of [Fm] nowhere Felina has found [Bb] me Kissing my cheek as she kneels [Eb] by my side
_ _ _ Cradled by two [Fm] loving arms that I'll die [Bb] for One little kiss and _ Felina [Eb] good _ _ _
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