San Angelo chords by
Marty Robbins

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Verse 1
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North of the border of Old Mexico
I rode one day to the
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cowtown of San Angelo
A hot sun was glowing,
a hot breeze was blowing
Still not as warm as the lips
that I waited to kiss
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Verse 2
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She sent a message a long
time ago
Secora had promised
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to meet me in San Angelo
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I was aware of the chance I was taking
I was an outlaw but great
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was my love for this girl

Verse 3
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I  must be with her I can't stay away
Nights spent without her are
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lonely and so are the days
If it means death then I'll
have to chance it
Only a few minutes more
and she'll be at my side
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Verse 4
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At ten o' clock in the morning
I tied my horse and I started to
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walk down the street
Where was Secora, had she forgotten
This was the day and the hour that
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she wanted to meet
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But something is wrong with our plans
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and I fear death awaits me
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Here on this hot dusty street.

Verse 5
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Up on a housetop but still I can see
There hides a man with a rifle,
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it's pointed at me
I might escape from the man with a rifle
But there are others just like
him that I cannot see
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Verse 6
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Back of each window the click of a gun
Die if I stay and my love for
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her won't let me run
Where is Secora, will my eyes see her
Then in a moment she runs from
a door down the street
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Verse 7
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"Up on your horse", she is crying
"Ride out of town it's a trap and
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they're waiting for you"
But if I ride out, she must ride with me
Then in a moment I know that
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our chances are gone
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For a bullet is well on its way
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and it finds my Secora
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She cries as she falls in my arms

Verse 8
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Over and over her soft lips did say
"Now we're together,
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I won't let them take you away"
One little sigh, her little lips tremble
Then it was over,
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Secora had drifted away

Verse 9
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Tears dim my vision but plainly I see
The ranger that killed her
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is standing there waiting for me
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I rise to meet him,
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my one thought it beat him
He deserves death and I swear
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that this ranger will die

Verse 10
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I  beat his draw and I shot him
Shot him six times just as fast
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as the bullets could fly
My gun is empty or more
I would shoot him
Now there are others just like
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him that want me to die
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Their bullets are coming my way,
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how they hurt when they hit me
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The pain makes me fall to the ground.

Verse 11
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Gone is my strength, just the will left to fight
I hear the sound of the lead
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as it robs  me of life
If I must die, let me find Secora
Let me hold on to her hand for
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the few moments left

Verse 12
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Blindly I search and it isn't in vain
I touch the soft velvet hand
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and it eases the pain
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Life is no more but we're together
Even in death she's my lover,
It's over,
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Goodbye

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