El Paso chords by Dead & Company

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in the West
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Texas town of El Paso
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I fell in love with a Mexican girl
Nighttime would find me
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in Rosa's cantina
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Music would whip and
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Felina would whirl
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Blacker than that were the
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eyes of Felina
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Digging into evil while chastening a spell
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My love was strong for this Mex ican man
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I was in love but in vain I could tell
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In the 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 Nugget Bailey,
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the girl I loved, so in anger
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I challenged his rightful love,
this maiden
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With his hand for the gun that he wore
My challenges were 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
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stood there in silence
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Shocked by the foul evil deed I'd done
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Many thoughts raced through my mind
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as  I stood there
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I had but one chance,
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that was to run
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So out through the back door,
the closest I ran
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Out where the horses were tied
And I picked a good one,
he looked like he could run
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Hop on his 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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To the badlands of New Mexico
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Back in El Paso,
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my life would be worthless
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Everything's gone to life
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and nothing is left
But it's been so long since
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I seen a young man
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My love is stronger than my fear
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of death
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So I saddled up in the way I did go
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Riding alone in the dark
Baby, tomorrow a bullet may find me
But nothing's worse
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than this pain in my heart
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At last, here I am
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on the hill overlooking
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My love is strong and it
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pushes me onward,
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down off the hill to Felida I go.
Walk to my right,
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I see five -minded cowboys.
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To my left, right, it does no more
Shotting and shooting,
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can't let them catch me
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Got to make it to Rose's
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back door
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Something is dreadfully wrong right here
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A deep burning pain in my side
It's getting harder to stay in the saddle
I'm getting weary, unable to ride
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But my love for a billionaire is strong
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And I'll rise where I've fallen
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Though I am weary I can't
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stop to rest
I see the white puff of smoke
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from the rifle,
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feel the bullet go deep in my chest.
From out of nowhere,
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Felina has found me
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Kissin' my cheek as
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she kneels by my side
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Fiddled by two lovin' arms
that all died for
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A little kiss and feelin' good
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