El Paso chords by Jim Ed Brown

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Out 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 Rose's Cantina
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Music would play and
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Felina would whirl
Blacker than night were
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the eyes of Felina
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Weak and evil while casting a spell
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My love was deep for this Mexican maiden
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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
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With wicked Philemon, the girl that I love
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So when angered, 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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Shunned by the foul
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evil 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, 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,
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
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Back in El Paso my life
would be worthless
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Everything's gone in life, 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 Cantina below
My love is strong and it
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pushes me onward
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Down off the hill to Felina I go
Off to my right
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I see five mounted cowboys
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Off to my left, 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
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A deep burning 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 Felina 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 cheek
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as she kneels by my side
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Frailed by two loving arms
that I'll die for
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One little kiss then falling down,
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good -bye