San Angelo Chords by Marty Robbins

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North of the border of old Mexico, _ I rode one day into the cow town of San [F] _ _ Antonio. _ _ _
A hot sun was glowing, a warm wind was blowing, still not as warm as the lips that I waited [Bb] to _ kiss. _ _ _ _
Cheeks that put blushing red roses to shame, lips that were fresher than flowers when [Db] kissed [Cm] by the rain.
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Dark eyes that sparkled much brighter than diamonds, she was a beauty, Socorro was my [Bb] lover's name. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] I met her down in Laredo, _ _ everyone there in this border town [Bb] called her the _ _ _ Rose. _
_ Mexican cowboys drank to Socorro, everyone [Eb] loved her but I was the [Bb] one [Eb] that she _ chose.
[F] An outlaw above all the [Bb] rest, now my [Gm] heart [F] beats so _ _ madly. _ _
Soon she will be at [Bb] my _ _ side. _ _ _ _ _ _
She sent a message a long time ago, _ Socorro had promised to meet me [Db] at [Cm] San Angelo.
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[F] I was aware of the chance I was taking, I was an outlaw but great was my love for this [Bb] girl. _ _ _ _ _
I must be with her, I can't stay away, nights spent without her are lonely and [C] so [Cm] are the days. _ _ _ _ _
[F] If it means death, then I'll have to chance it, only a few moments more and she'll be [Bb] in my arms.
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[Eb] At ten o'clock in the morning, _ _ I tied my horse and I started to walk down the [Bb] street. _ _ _ _ _
Where was Socorro, had she forgotten, this was the day and the hour that she wanted [Eb] to meet.
_ [F] But something is wrong with [Bb] our plans and I [Gm] fear death [F] awaits me. _ _ _ _
Here on this hot [Bb] dusty _ street.
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Up on a housetop but still I can see, there hides a man with a rifle, [Db] it's pointed [Cm] at me.
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I might escape from the man with the rifle, but there are others just like him that I [Bb] cannot see. _ _ _ _ _
Back of each window the click of a gun, die if I stay and my love for her won't let [F] me run. _ _ _ _ _
Where is Socorro, will my eyes see her, then in a moment [Cm] she runs from her [F] door down the [Bb] street. _ _ _ _ _
[Eb] Up on your horse she is crying, _ right out of town it's a trap and they're waiting [C] for [Bb] you. _ _ _ _
But if I ride out, she must ride with me, then in a moment I know that our chances [Eb] are gone.
_ [F] For a bullet is well on [Bb] its way and [Gm] it finds my [F] Socorro. _ _ _ _ _
She dies as she falls in [Bb] my _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ arms. _
Here's to my vision but plainly I see, the ranger that killed her is standing there [E] waiting [Cm] for me.
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I walk to meet him, my one thought is beating, he deserves death and I swear that this ranger [Bb] will die.
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[Eb] I beat his throat and I shot him, _ shot him six times just as fast as the bullets [F] would 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 [Eb] to die.
_ [F] Their bullets are coming [Bb] my way, how they [Gm] hurt when [F] they hit me. _ _ _ _
The pain makes me fall to [Bb] the _ _ ground. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Gm] Gone is my [Bb] strength, just the will left to fight, I hear the sound of the lead as [Fm] it robs me of life.
[Cm] _ _ _ _ _ [F]
If I must die, let me find [Cm] Socorro, [F] let me hold on to her hand for the few [Bb] moments left. _ _ _ _ _
Blindly I search and it isn't in vain, I touch the soft velvet hand and [Gm] it eases [Cm] the pain.
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Life is no more but we're together, even in death she's my lover, it's _ [Bb] over, _ [G] good. _ _
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