Feleena (From El Paso) chords by Marty Robbins

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Verse 1
E 
 (E major) Out in New Mexico,
many long years ago
There in a shack on the desert,
B 
one night in a  (B major) storm
Amid streaks of lightnin'
and loud desert thunder
To a young Mexican couple,
E 
a baby was  (E major) born
E 
 (E major) Just as the baby cried,
thunder and lightnin' died
E 
Moon gave its light to the  (E major) world
A 
and the stars did the  (A major) same
Mother and Father,
E 
both  (E major) proud of the daughter
That heaven had sent them,
B 
E 
Fe (B major) leena was this baby's  (E major) name

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Verse 2
E 
 (E major) When she was seventeen,
bothered by crazy dreams
She ran away from the shack
B 
and left them  (B major) to roam
Father and Mother,
both asked one another
What made her run away,
E 
what made Feleena leave  (E major) home?
E 
 (E major) Tired of the desert nights,
poverty, grief, and strife
E 
She went her way late one  (E major) night
A 
in the moon's golden  (A major) gleam
E 
She didn't know where she'd  (E major) go,
but she'd get there
And she would find happiness,
B 
E 
 (B major) if she would follow her  (E major) dream

Verse 3
E 
 (E major) After she ran away,
she went to Santa Fe
And in the year that she stayed there,
B 
she learned about  (B major) life
In just a little while,
she learned that with a smile
She could have pretty clothes,
E 
she could be any man's  (E major) wife
E 
 (E major) Rich men romanced her,
they dined and they danced her
She understood men
E 
A 
and she  (E major) treated them all just the  (A major) same
A form that was fine and rare,
E 
 (E major) dark shining glossy hair
Lovely to look at
B 
E 
Fe (B major) leena was this woman's  (E major) name

Verse 4
E 
 (E major) Restless in Santa Fe,
she had to get away
To any town where the lights
B 
had a much brighter  (B major) glow
One cowboy mentioned
the town of El Paso
They never stopped dancin'
E 
and money like whiskey did  (E major) flow
E 
 (E major) She bought a one-way,
a ticket from Santa Fe
E 
Three days and nights on a  (E major) stage
A 
with a rest now and  (A major) then
She didn't mind that,
E 
she  (E major) knew she would find that
B 
Her new life would be more ex (B major) citing
E 
than where she had  (E major) been

Verse 5
E 
The  (E major) stage made its last stop,
up there on the mountaintop
And let her see all of the lights
B 
at the foot of the  (B major) hill
Her world was brighter
and deep down inside her
An uncontrolled beating,
E 
her young heart just wouldn't be  (E major) still
E 
 (E major) She got a hotel,
a room at the Lily Belle
Quickly she changed
E 
A 
to a  (E major) form-fitting black satin  (A major) dress
Ev'ry man stopped to stare
E 
 (E major) at this form fine and rare
Even the women
B 
E 
re (B major) marked of the charm she pos (E major) sessed

Verse 6
E 
 (E major) Dancin' and laughter
was what she was after
And Rosa's Cantina had lights,
B 
with love in the  (B major) gleam
That's what she hunted
and that's what she wanted
Rosa's was one place,
E 
a nice girl would never be  (E major) seen
E 
 (E major) It was the same way it was back in Santa Fe
E 
Men would make fools of them (E major) selves
A 
at the thought of ro (A major) mance
Rosa took heed of,
E 
the place  (E major) was in need of
This kind of excitement,
B 
E 
so  (B major) she paid Feleena to  (E major) dance

Verse 7
E 
A  (E major) year passed and maybe more
and then through the swingin' doors
Came a young cowboy so tall
B 
and so handsomely  (B major) dressed
This one was new in town,
hadn't been seen around
He was so different,
E 
he wasn't like all of the  (E major) rest
E 
Fe (E major) leena danced close to him,
then threw a rose to him
E 
Quickly he walked to her  (E major) table
A 
and there he sat  (A major) down
And in a day or so,
E 
 (E major) wherever folks would go
They'd see this young cowboy,
B 
E 
 (B major) showin' Feleena the  (E major) town

Verse 8
E 
 (E major) Six weeks he went with her,
each minute spent with her
But he was insanely jealous
B 
of glances she'd  (B major) give
Inside he was a-hurtin',
from all of her flirtin'
That was her nature
E 
and that was the way that she  (E major) lived
E 
 (E major) She flirted one night,
it started a gun-fight
E 
And after the smoke cleared a (E major) way
A 
on the floor lay a  (A major) man
Feleena's young lover
E 
had  (E major) shot down another
And he had to leave there,
B 
E 
so  (B major) out through the back door he  (E major) ran

Verse 9
E 
The  (E major) next day at five o'clock,
she heard a rifle shot
Quickly she ran to the door,
B 
that was facin' the  (B major) pass
She saw her cowboy,
her wild-ridin' cowboy
Low in the saddle,
E 
her cowboy was ridin' in  (E major) fast
E 
 (E major) She ran to meet him,
to kiss and to greet him him
E 
He saw her and motioned her back,  (E major) 
A 
with a wave of his  (A major) hand
Bullets were flyin',
E 
Fe (E major) leena was cryin'
B 
As she saw him fall from the  (B major) saddle
E 
and into the  (E major) sand

Verse 10
E 
Fa (E major) leena knelt near him,
to hold and to hear him
When she felt the warm blood
B 
that flowed from the wound in his  (B major) side
He raised to kiss her
and she heard him whisper
"Never forget me
E 
Faleena, it's over, good (E major) bye"
E 
 (E major) Quickly she grabbed for
the six-gun that he wore
And screamin' in anger
E 
A 
and  (E major) placin' the gun to her  (A major) breast
"Bury us both deep
E 
and  (E major) maybe we'll find peace"
And pullin' the trigger,
B 
E 
she  (B major) fell 'cross the dead cowboy's  (E major) chest

Verse 11
E 
 (E major) Out in El Paso,
whenever the wind blows
If you listen closely at night,
B 
you'll hear in the  (B major) wind
A woman is cryin',
it's not the wind sighin'
Old- timers tell you,
E 
Feleena is callin' for  (E major) him
E 
 (E major) You'll hear them talkin'
and you'll hear them walkin'
E 
You'll hear them laugh and you'll  (E major) look,
A 
but there's no one around  (A major) 
Don't be alarmed,
E 
there is  (E major) really no harm there
It's only the young cowboy,
B 
E 
 (B major) showin' Feleena the  (E major) town