Feleena (From El Paso) original guitar chords by 
Marty Robbins 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
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E
B7
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Verse 1
many long years ago
There in a shack on the desert,
Amid streaks of lightnin'
and loud desert thunder
To a young Mexican couple,
thunder and lightnin' died
Mother and Father,
That heaven had sent them,
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Feleena was this baby's name
Verse 2
bothered by crazy dreams
She ran away from the shack
Father and Mother,
both asked one another
What made her run away,
poverty, grief, and strife
but she'd get there
And she would find happiness,
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if she would follow her dream
Verse 3
she went to Santa Fe
And in the year that she stayed there,
In just a little while,
she learned that with a smile
She could have pretty clothes,
they dined and they danced her
She understood men
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and she treated them all just the same
A form that was fine and rare,
Lovely to look at
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Feleena was this woman's name
Verse 4
she had to get away
To any town where the lights
One cowboy mentioned
the town of El Paso
They never stopped dancin'
a ticket from Santa Fe
She didn't mind that,
Verse 5
up there on the mountaintop
And let her see all of the lights
Her world was brighter
and deep down inside her
An uncontrolled beating,
a room at the Lily Belle
Quickly she changed
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to a form-fitting black satin dress
Ev'ry man stopped to stare
Even the women
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remarked of the charm she possessed
Verse 6
was what she was after
And Rosa's Cantina had lights,
That's what she hunted
and that's what she wanted
Rosa's was one place,
Rosa took heed of,
This kind of excitement,
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so she paid Feleena to dance
Verse 7
and then through the swingin' doors
Came a young cowboy so tall
This one was new in town,
hadn't been seen around
He was so different,
then threw a rose to him
And in a day or so,
They'd see this young cowboy,
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showin' Feleena the town
Verse 8
each minute spent with her
But he was insanely jealous
Inside he was a-hurtin',
from all of her flirtin'
That was her nature
it started a gun-fight
Feleena's young lover
And he had to leave there,
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so out through the back door he ran
Verse 9
she heard a rifle shot
Quickly she ran to the door,
She saw her cowboy,
her wild-ridin' cowboy
Low in the saddle,
to kiss and to greet him him
Bullets were flyin',
Verse 10
to hold and to hear him
When she felt the warm blood
He raised to kiss her
and she heard him whisper
"Never forget me
the six-gun that he wore
And screamin' in anger
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and placin' the gun to her breast
"Bury us both deep
And pullin' the trigger,
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she fell 'cross the dead cowboy's chest
Verse 11
whenever the wind blows
If you listen closely at night,
A woman is cryin',
it's not the wind sighin'
Old- timers tell you,
and you'll hear them walkin'
Don't be alarmed,
It's only the young cowboy,
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showin' Feleena the town
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