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Faleena (from El Paso) easy guitar chords by
Marty Robbins
Marty Robbins

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Intro 1
G
D
A

D

Verse 1
D

Out in New Mexico,

many long years ago

There in a shack on the desert,
A

one night in a storm

Amid streaks of lightnin'

and loud desert thunder

To a young Mexican couple,
D

a baby was born

Just as the baby cried,

thunder and lightnin' died

Moon gave it's light to the world
G

and the stars did the same

Mother and Father,
D

both proud of the daughter

That heaven had sent them,
A
D

Faleena was this baby's name
Verse 2
D


When she was seventeen,

bothered by crazy dreams

She ran away from the shack
A

and left them to roam

Father and Mother,

both asked one another

What made her run away,
D

what made Faleena leave home

Tired of the desert nights,

poverty, grief and strife

She ran away late one night in
G

the moon's golden gleam

She didn't know where she'd go,
D

but she'd get there

And she would find happiness,
A

if she would follow her dream
D
Verse 3


After she ran away, she went to Sante Fe

And in the year that she stayed there,
A

she learned about life

In just a little while,

she learned that with a smile

She could have pretty clothes,
D

she could be any man's wife

Rich men romanced her,

they dined and they danced her

She understood men and she
G

treated them all just the same

A form that was fine and rare,
D

dark shining glossy hair
A

Lovely to look at Faleena was
D

this woman's name
Verse 4
D

Restless in Sante Fe, she had to get away

To any town where the lights
A

had a much brighter glow

One cowboy mentioned

the town of El Paso

They never stopped dancin'
D

and money like whiskey did flow

She bought a one-way,

a a ticket from Sante Fe

Three days and nights on a stage
G

with a rest now and then

She didn't mind that,
D

she knew she would find that
A

Her new life would be more exciting
D

than where she had been
Verse 5
D

The stage made it's last stop,

up there on the mountain top

To let her see all of the lights
A

at the foot of the hill

Her world was brighter and deep

down inside her

An uncontrolled beating,
D

her young heart just wouldn't be still

She got a hotel, a room at the Lily Belle

Quickly she changed to a form-fitting
G

black black satin dress

Ev'ry man stopped to stare,
D

at this form fine and rare
A

Even the women remarked of
D

the charm she possessed
Verse 6
D

Dancin' and laughter,

was what she was after

And Rosa's Cantina had lights,
A

with love in the gleam

That's what she hunted and

that's what she wanted

Rosa's was one place,
D

a nice girl would never be seen

It was the same way,

it was back in Sante Fe

Men would make fools of themselves
G

at the thought of romance

Rosa took heed of,
D

the place was in need of

This kind of excitement,
A

so she paid Faleena to dance
D
Verse 7


A year passed and maybe more and

then through the swingin' doors

Came a young cowboy so tall
A

and so handsomely dressed

This one was new in town,

hadn't been seen around

He was so different,
D

he wasn't like all of the rest

Faleena danced close to him,

then threw a rose to him

Quickly he walked to her table
G

and there he sat down

And in a day or so,
D

wherever folks would go

They'd see this young cowboy,
A
D

showin' Faleena the town
Verse 8
D

Six weeks he went with her,

each minute spent with her

But he was insanely jealous
A

of glances she'd give

Inside he was a-hurtin', from

from all of her flirtin'

That was her nature and that
D

was the way that she lived

She flirted one night, it started a gun-fight

And And after the smoke cleared away,
G

on the floor lay a man

Faleena's young lover,
D

had shot down another

And he had to leave there,
A
D

so out through the back door he ran
Verse 9
D

The next day at five o'clock,

she heard a rifle shot

Quickly she ran to the door,
A

that was facin' the pass

She saw her cowboy,

her wild-ridin' cowboy

cowboy

Low in the saddle,
D

her cowboy was ridin' in fast

She ran to meet him,

to kiss and to greet him

He saw her and motioned her back,
G

with a wave of his hand
D

Bullets were flyin', Faleena was cryin'
A

As she saw him fall from the saddle

and into the sand
D
Verse 10


Faleena knelt near him,

to hold and to hear him

When she felt the warm blood that
A

flowed from the wound in his side

He raised to kiss her and she

heard him whisper

"Never forget me, Faleena it's over,
D

goodbye."

Quickly she grabbed for,

the six-gun that that he wore

And screamin' in anger and placin'
G

the gun to her breast
D

Bury us both deep and maybe

we'll find peace

And pullin' the trigger,
A
D

she fell 'cross the dead cowboy's chest
Verse 11
D

Out in El Paso, whenever the wind blows

If you listen closely at night,
A

you'll hear in the wind

A woman is cryin',

it's not the wind sighin'

Old timer's tell you,
D

Faleena is callin' for him

You'll hear them talkin' and

you'll hear them walkin'

You'll hear them laugh and you'll look,
G

but there's no one around

Don't be alarmed,
D

there is really no harm there

It's only the young cowboy,
A
D
D

showin' Faleena the town

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