Key: C major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I fell in love with a Mexican girl.
Nighttime would find me
Blacker than night were
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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.
Dashing and daring, a drink he was sharing with wicked Felina,
the girl that I loved
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So in anger I challenged his right
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that he wore.
My challenge was answered
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lay dead on the floor.
Just for a moment I stood
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stunned by the foul evil deed I had done.
as I stood there.
door of Rose's I ran
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I grabbed a good one,
it looked like it could run
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Just as fast as I could
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Back in El Paso my life
would be worthless
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nothing is left
It's been so long since I've
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My love is stronger than my fear of death
Maybe tomorrow a bullet will find me
Tonight, nothing's worse
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And at last, here I am
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I can see Rose's Cantina below
My love is strong and it
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Down off the hill to Felina I go
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Off to my right
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a dozen or more
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Shouting and shooting,
Though I am trying to stay in the saddle,
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But my love for Felina is strong
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though I am weary I can't stop to rest.
from the rifle,
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I feel the bullet go deep in my chest.
From out of nowhere,
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Cradled by two loving arms
that I'll die for
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goodbye
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You
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