El Paso chords by Buzz Wilson

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Verse 1
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Out in
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West Texas town of El Paso
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I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Night time would find me
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in Rose's Cantina
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Music would play and
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Felina would whirl
Blacker than night were the
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eyes of Felina,
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Wicked and evil while casting their spell.
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My love was deep for this Mexican man,
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I was in love but in vain I could tell.
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One night a wild young cowboy came in,
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wild as the West Texas wind
Dashing and daring a drink
he was sharing with wicked Felina,
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the girl that I love
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So in anger I challenged his right
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for the love of this maiden
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Down with his hand for
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the gun that he wore
My challenge was answered
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in less than a heartbeat
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The handsome young stranger
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lay dead on the floor
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Just for a moment I stood
there in silence
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Shocked by the foul evil
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deed I had done
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Many thoughts raced through my mind
as I stood there,
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I had but one chance
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and that was to run.
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Out through the back
door of Rose's I ran,
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out where the horses were tied.
I caught a good one,
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it looked like it could run
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Up on its back and away I did ride
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Just as fast as I could
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from the West Texas town of El Paso
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Out to the badlands of New Mexico
Back in El Paso,
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my life would be worthless
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Everything's gone and left,
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nothing is left
It's been so long since I've
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seen the young maiden
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My love is stronger than my fear of death
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I saddle up and away I did go
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Riding alone in the dark
Maybe tomorrow a bullet will find me
Tonight nothing's worse
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than this pain in my heart
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And at last here I am
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on the hill overlooking El Paso,
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I can see Rose's Can tina below.
My love is strong and it
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pushes me onward,
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Down off the hill to Folina I go.
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Off to my right I see five
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mounted cowboys,
Off to my left,
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right a dozen or more.
Shouting and shooting,
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I can't  let them catch me,
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I have to make it to Rose's
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back door.
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Something is dreadfully wrong,
for I feel a deep burning
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pain in my side.
Though I am trying to stay in the saddle,
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I'm getting weary, unable to ride.
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But my love for Polina is strong
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and I rise where I've fallen.
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Though I am weary, I   can't stop to rest.
I see the white puff of smoke
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from the rifle.
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I feel the bullet go deep in my chest
From out of nowhere,
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Felina has found me
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Kissing my cheeks as she
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kneels by my side
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Cradled by two loving arm
s that I'll die for
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One little kiss, then,
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Felina, good -bye
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