El Paso Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][Bb][G]
[C]

[Verse 1]
[C]Out in the West
Texas [Bb]town of El Paso
[G]I fell in love with a Mexican g[C]irl.
Night- time would find me in
[Bb]Rosa's [Gm]canti[G]na;
Music would play and

[Interlude 1]
Felina would whirl.
[C]

[Verse 2]
[C]Blacker than night were the [Bb]eyes of Felina,
[G]Wicked and evil while casting a spe[C]ll.
My love was deep for this
[Bb]Mexican [G]maiden;

[Interlude 2]
I was in love but in vain, I could tell.
[C]

[Verse 3]
[F]One night a wild young [C]cowboy came [F]in,
Wild as the West Texas [F#dim]wind.[C]
Dashing and daring,
A drink he was sharing
With wicked Felina,
The girl that I loved.
[F]

[Verse 4]
So in [G]anger I

[Verse 5]
[C]Challenged his right for
[Bb]the love of this maiden.
[G]Down went his hand for
the gun that he [C]wore.
[G]My [C]challenge was answered in
[Bb]less than a heart- beat;
The [G]handsome young stranger

[Interlude 3]
lay dead on the floor.
[C]

[Verse 6]
[C]Just for a moment I [Bb]stood
there in silence,
[G]Shocked by the FOUL EVIL
deed I had [C]done.[G]
[C]Many thoughts raced through my
[Bb]mind as I [Gm]stood [G]there;
I had but one chance and that was to run.
[C]

[Verse 7]
[F]Out through the back
door of [C]Rosa's I [F]ran,
Out where the horses were [F#dim]tied.[C]
I caught a good one.
It looked like it could run.
Up on its back
And away I did ride,
[F]

[Verse 8]
Just as [G]fast as I

[Verse 9]
[C]Could from the West Texas [Bb]town of El Paso
[G]Out to the bad- lands of New Mexico.
[C]

[Verse 10]
Back in El Paso my [Bb]life would
be [G]worthless.
Everything's gone in life; nothing is [C]left.
It's been so long since I've
[Bb]seen the young [G]maiden

[Interlude 4]
My love is stronger than my fear of death.
[C]

[Verse 11]
[F]I saddled up and a[C]way I did g[F]o,
Riding alone in the [F#dim]dark.[C]
Maybe tomorrow
A bullet may find me.
Tonight nothing's worse than this
Pain in my [F]heart.

[Verse 12]
And at [G]last here I

[Verse 13]
[C]Am on the hill [Bb]overlooking [G]El Paso;
I can see Rosa's cantina [C]below.
My love is strong and it [Bb]pushes me onward.
[G]Down off the hill to Felina I go.

[Interlude 5]
[C]

[Verse 14]
[C]Off to my right I see [Bb]five
[G]mounted cowboys;
Off to my left ride a dozen or [C]more.
Shouting and shooting I can
[Bb]'t let them catch me.
[G]I have to make it to Rosa's
back door.
[C]

[Verse 15]
[F]Something is dreadfully
[C]wrong for I [F]feel
A deep burning pain in my [F#dim]side.[C]
Though I am trying
To stay in the saddle,
I'm getting weary,
Unable to ride.
[F]

[Verse 16]
But my [G]love for

[Verse 17]
Fe[C]lina is strong and [Bb]I rise
where I've [G]fallen,
Though I am weary I can't stop to [C]rest.
I see the white puff [Bb]of smoke from the rifle.
[G]I feel the bullet go deep in my chest.
[C]

[Verse 18]
[G]Fro[C]m out of nowhere
[Bb]Felina has found me,
[G]Kissing my cheek as she
kneels by my [C]side.
Cradled by two loving arm
[Bb]s that I'll die for,
[G]One little kiss and Felina, good- [C]bye.