Chords for Michael Martin Murphey - El Paso

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_ _ _ _ _ Out in the West [Fm] Texas town of El Paso [Bb] I fell in love with a [Eb] Mexican girl
_ _ _ _ Nighttime would find me [Fm] in Rose's 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 maiden
[Bb] I was in love but in vain [Eb] I could tell
One [Ab] _ _ 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] that had some young stranger laid dead [Eb] on the floor
Out _
_ [Ab] through the back door of Rose's I ran
Out where the horses [Eb] were tied _ _ _
I _ _ _ _ caught a good one it looked [Gm] like it [Eb] could run
Up on its back in [Gm] the way [Ab] I did ride
[Bb] Just as fast [Eb] as I could
From the West Texas [Fm] town of El Paso [Bb] out to the badlands of New [Eb] Mexico
_ Back _ _ in El Paso [Fm] my life would be worthless
[Bb] Everything's gone in life.
[Eb] Nothing is left
_ _ _ _ It's been so long [Fm] since 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 [Fm] strong
It pushes me [Bb] onward down off the hill to [Gm] Felina I go
[Eb] 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 _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I
Am trying to stay in the saddle I'm getting [Gm] weary [Ab] unable to rise
[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] boat of smoke from [Bb] the rifles.
I feel the bullet go [Eb] deep in my chest
_ _ _ From out of [Ab] 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
goo _ _ _
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