Chords for Jim Glaser Sings Marty Robbins' "El Paso" w/ Joe Babcock on the "Viva! NashVegas® Radio Show"

[N] We started working [Db] with him in [Bb] 1958. _ _
_ And he was [Gb] writing _ a song called El Paso, a western song.
And it took him several months to [C] write.
_ _ _ I [Gb] rode in the same car [C] that Marty rode in.
He traveled in two cars.
As he'd write a verse, I'd lay out the harmony and Bobby Sykes and I would sing it.
_ And finally Marty recorded it [Gb] and we had it down pat so well
that it was the third [Eb] complete take that we did of the song.
That was the final [Db] take and Grady [C] Martin was there playing.
_ And _ [Gb] the song was El [B] Paso, _ [Eb] The Great El Paso.
And I want [Fm] to see if [Bb] my friends Joe Babcock [Eb] and _ _ [F] Randy_
_ [C] Yeah!
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He talked [G] about something [Bb] high and something low too.
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West [Fm] Texas down in El Paso, [C] _ in love with the_
[D] Sometimes that happens.
Did [A] you get it Eric?
Are we in the same [Bb] page?
Probably not.
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Now we are.
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Alright, whenever you_
[F] you just look at [Db] me when you want to sing.
Oh really?
Yeah, [Ab] somebody [E] look at me when I say we're going to follow [Ab] you.
_ [A] [Bb] Somebody's going to have to remind [Eb] me to be more nimble. _
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Out in the West Texas town [Fm] of El Paso,
I see [Bb] Eric Grady [Gm] Martin with a Mexican [Eb] girl. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Night time with five million roses [Fm] cantina,
[Bb] Music would [Gm] play [Bb] and the polina would [Eb] whirl. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Blacker than night were the eyes [Fm] of polina,
Vivid [Bb] and evil while casting [Gm] [Eb] their spell. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
My love was deep for [Fm] this Mexican maiden,
Who [Bb] was in love but in vain I could [Eb] tell. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] One night a wild young dove o'er came in,
Out of the West Texas [Eb] _ garden. _ _
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Dashing and daring the drink he was sharing,
Was way pitiful, he loved a girl that [Ab] I loved.
_ So [Bb] in _ anger I [Eb] challenged his rightful,
The [Fm] love of this maiden,
[Bb] I put [Gm] his hand [Bb] for the gun [Gm] that [Eb] he wore.
_ _ _ _ _ _ My challenge was answered in [Fm] less than a heartbeat,
The [Bb] handsome young [Gm] stranger lay dead on the [Eb] floor. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Just for a moment I stood [Fm] there in silence,
_ [Bb] Shocked by [Gm] the foul [Bb] evil deed [Gm] I [Eb] had done.
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Many thoughts raced through my [Fm] mind as I stood there,
[Bb] I had but one chance and [Gm] that was [Eb] to run. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Ab] Out through the back door of roses I ran,
Out where [Db] the horses were [Eb] _ tied. _ _
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I caught a good one, it looked like it could run,
Up on its back and away [Ab] I did ride,
Just [Bb] as fast as I [Eb] could from the West Texas [Fm] town of El Paso,
[Bb] Out through [Gm] the badlands of [Bb] New [Eb] Mexico. _ _
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Off to my right I see [Fm] five budded cowboys,
_ [Bb] To my [Gm] left, right a dozen [Eb] or more. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Shouting and shooting I [Fm] can't let them catch me,
I [Gm] have to make it [Bb] to [Gm] roses [Eb] back door.
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[Ab] Something is dreadfully wrong for I feel,
A deep burning sun in [Eb] my sky. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Though I am trying to stay in the saddle,
I'm getting weary, unable [Ab] to ride.
_ But [Bb] my _ love for _ [Eb] Bolivia is strong,
And [Fm] I ride where I've fallen,
[Bb] Though I am weary I can't stop [Eb] to rest. _ _
_ _ _ _ _ I see the white blood float, [Fm] smoke from the rifle,
[Bb] I feel the bullet go [Gm] deep in my [Eb] _ chest. _ _ _ _ _
_ From out [Gm] of nowhere [Fm] Felina has found me,
[Bb] Kissing my cheek as she kneeled by [Eb] my side. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ Cradled by two loving [Fm] arms that I'll die for,
[Bb] One _ little [Gm] kiss then _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Gm] Felina,
I'll _ [F] go _ _ _ _ [Db] good _ _ [Eb]-bye. _
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