Faleena (from El Paso) Chords

[A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
[B] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
Out in New Mexico many long years ago there in a shack on the desert one night in a [B] storm
Amid _ _ streaks of lightning and loud desert thunder to a young Mexican couple a baby [E] was born
Just _ _ as the baby cried thunder and lightning died moon gave its light to the world and the stars [A] did the same _ _ _
_ Mother and father both [E] proud of the daughter that heaven had sent them
[B] Felina was this [E] baby's name _
When _ she was 17 bothered by crazy dreams she ran away from the shack and left [B] them to roam _
_ _ Father and mother both asked one another what made her run away what made Felina [E] leave _ home
Tired of the desert nights poverty grief and strife she went away late one night in the moon's golden [A] beam _
_ She didn't know where [E] she'd go but she'd get there and she would find happiness [B] if she would follow
[E] _ _
Her dream
After _ she ran away she went to Santa Fe and in the year that she stayed there she learned about [B] life
_ In just a little while she learned that with a smile she could have a pretty close she could be any [E] man's wife
_ Rich men romanced her they dined and they danced her she understood men and she treated them all just
[A] _ _
_ the same
A form that was fine and [E] rare dark shining glossy hair lovely look at [B] Felina was [F#m] this woman's [E]
name
_ Restless _ in Santa Fe she had to get away to any town where the lights had a much brighter [F#m] glow
[B] _ _ _ _ One cowboy mentioned the town of El Paso they never stopped dancing and money like whiskey [E] did flow
_ She _ bought a one-way a ticket from Santa Fe three days and nights on a stage with [Bm] the rest [A] now and _
[E] _ _ [A] then
She didn't mind [E] that she knew she would find that her new life would be more [B] exciting than [E] where she had been
The stage made its last stop up there on the mountain top to let her see all of the lights at the foot of [B] the hill
_ Her _ world was brighter and deep down inside her an uncontrolled beating her young heart just wouldn't [E] be still
_ _ _ She got a hotel a room at the Lily Bell quickly she changed to a form-fitting black [A] satin dress
_ _ Every man stopped [E] to stare at this form fine and rare even the women [B] remarked of the charm [E] she possessed _ _ _ _
Dancing and laughter was what she was after and roses cantina headlights with love [B] in the gleam
_ _ That's what she hunted and that's what she wanted roses was one place a nice girl would never [E] be seen
_ _ It was the same way it was back in Santa Fe men would make fools of themselves at the sight of her
thought [A] of her own man _ _ _
Rosa took heed [Em] of the place was in need of this kind of excitement.
So [B] she paid [E] Felina to _ _ dance
A
Year passed her maybe more than through the swinging doors came a young cowboy so tall and so [B] handsomely dressed _ _ _
This one was new in town hadn't been seen around he was so different he wasn't like all [E] of the _ rest _ _
Felina danced close to him then through a rose to him quickly.
He walked to her table and there he [A] said
[C#m] _ [A] And _ _ in a day [E] or so wherever folks would go they'd see this young cowboy [B] show in Molina [E] the town _ _ _ _
Six weeks he went with her each minute spent with her, but he was insanely jealous at glances
[B] _
_ _ Inside _ he was a hurting from all of her burden that was her nature and that was the way that [E] she _ lived
_ She flirted one night it started a gunfight and after the smoke cleared away on the floor _
_ _ [A] _ _ A
Lina's young lover [E] had shot down another and he had to leave [B] there.
So out through the back [E] door he read
_ The _ next day at five o'clock she heard a rifle shot quickly.
She ran to the door that was facing [B] the past
_ _ She saw her cowboy her wild riding cowboy low in the saddle her cowboy was [E] riding in fast
_ _ _ She ran to meet him to kiss and to greet him
He saw her and motioned her back with the wave [A] of his _ _ _ hand
Bullets [F#m] were [E] flying Felina was crying as she saw him fall from the saddle and into the _ sand _ _
Felina knelt near him to hold and to hear him when she felt the warm blood that flowed from the wound in his [F#m] side
_ [B] _ He raised to kiss her and she heard him whisper never forget me Felina it's over [A] goodbye
[E] _ _ _ Quickly she grabbed for the six gun that he wore and screaming in anger and placing the gun to [A] her breath
_ _ _ _ _
Very
Small [Em] deep and maybe we'll find peace then pulling the trigger.
[B] She fell across the dead [E] cowboys
_ _ Out _ in El Paso whenever the wind blows if you listen closely at night you'll hear in [B] the wind _ a
Woman is crying.
It's not the wind sign
Old-timers tell you Felina is calling [E] for him
_ _ _ _ You'll hear them talking and you'll hear them walking.
You'll hear them laugh and you look but there's no one [A]
around
_ _ Don't be alarmed there [E] is really no harm there.
It's only the young [Em] cowboy showing Oh
[C#] _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _