El Paso City Chords by Marty Robbins
Tempo:
107.15 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
Em
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[C] [F] .
[C] [F] .
[C] .
From 30,000 feet above [F] the desert floor I see it [C] there below.
[G] [C] .
A city with a legend, [F] the West Texas [C] city of El Paso .
Where long ago I heard a [F] song about a [Am] Texas cowboy and a [C] girl .
And a little place called Rose is [B] where he used to go and watch this [Em] beauty world.
[C] I don't recall who sang the [F] song but I recall the story [C] that I heard .
And as I look down on this [F] city I remember each and [C] every word .
The singer sang about a [F] jealous cowboy and the [Am] way he used a gun.
[C] .
To kill another cowboy [G] then he had to leave El Paso [C] on the run .
El [F] Paso City, [C] by the Rio Grande .
[G] The cowboy lived and rode away but love was strong he couldn't stay.
He rode back just to die [C] and that El Paso said.
El [F] Paso City, by the [C] Rio Grande.
[G] I try not to let you cross my mind but still I find there's such a mystery.
In the song that [C] I don't understand.
My mind is down there somewhere [F] as I fly above the badlands [C] of New Mexico.
I can't explain why I should know the very trail he rode back to El Paso .
Can [Em] it be that [Gm] man can [F] disappear from life and [G] live [Em] another [Am] [C] time?
.
And does the mystery deepen [G] cause you think that you [Em] yourself lived in that other [C] time?
.
Somewhere in my deepest thoughts [F] familiar scenes and memories [C] unfold .
These wild and unexplained [F] emotions that I've had so long [C] but I have never told .
Like every time I fly up [F] through the heavens and I see you [C] there below .
I get the feeling sometime [G] in another world I lived in [C] El Paso.
El [F] Paso City, by the [C] Rio Grande .
[G] Could it be that I could be the cowboy in this mystery that died there in that desert sand so [C] long ago?.
[E] El [F] Paso City, by [C] the Rio Grande.
[G] A voice tells me to go and see another voice keeps telling me.
Baby death awaits me [C] in El Paso .
El [F] Paso City .
[N] .
[C] [F] .
[C] .
From 30,000 feet above [F] the desert floor I see it [C] there below.
[G] [C] .
A city with a legend, [F] the West Texas [C] city of El Paso .
Where long ago I heard a [F] song about a [Am] Texas cowboy and a [C] girl .
And a little place called Rose is [B] where he used to go and watch this [Em] beauty world.
[C] I don't recall who sang the [F] song but I recall the story [C] that I heard .
And as I look down on this [F] city I remember each and [C] every word .
The singer sang about a [F] jealous cowboy and the [Am] way he used a gun.
[C] .
To kill another cowboy [G] then he had to leave El Paso [C] on the run .
El [F] Paso City, [C] by the Rio Grande .
[G] The cowboy lived and rode away but love was strong he couldn't stay.
He rode back just to die [C] and that El Paso said.
El [F] Paso City, by the [C] Rio Grande.
[G] I try not to let you cross my mind but still I find there's such a mystery.
In the song that [C] I don't understand.
My mind is down there somewhere [F] as I fly above the badlands [C] of New Mexico.
I can't explain why I should know the very trail he rode back to El Paso .
Can [Em] it be that [Gm] man can [F] disappear from life and [G] live [Em] another [Am] [C] time?
.
And does the mystery deepen [G] cause you think that you [Em] yourself lived in that other [C] time?
.
Somewhere in my deepest thoughts [F] familiar scenes and memories [C] unfold .
These wild and unexplained [F] emotions that I've had so long [C] but I have never told .
Like every time I fly up [F] through the heavens and I see you [C] there below .
I get the feeling sometime [G] in another world I lived in [C] El Paso.
El [F] Paso City, by the [C] Rio Grande .
[G] Could it be that I could be the cowboy in this mystery that died there in that desert sand so [C] long ago?.
[E] El [F] Paso City, by [C] the Rio Grande.
[G] A voice tells me to go and see another voice keeps telling me.
Baby death awaits me [C] in El Paso .
El [F] Paso City .
[N] .
Key:
C
F
G
Em
Am
C
F
G
[C] _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ From 30,000 feet above [F] the desert floor I see it [C] there below.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ .
A city with a legend, [F] the West Texas [C] city of El _ Paso _ .
Where _ long ago I heard a [F] song about a [Am] Texas cowboy and a [C] girl _ _ _ _ .
_ And a little place called Rose is [B] where he used to go and watch this [Em] beauty world.
[C] I _ _ _ don't recall who sang the [F] song but I recall the story [C] that I heard _ .
And _ as I look down on this [F] city I remember each and [C] every word _ _ _ .
_ The singer sang about a [F] jealous cowboy and the [Am] way he used a _ gun.
[C] _ .
To _ kill another cowboy [G] then he had to leave El Paso [C] on the run _ _ .
El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ [C] by the Rio Grande _ _ _ .
_ [G] The cowboy lived and rode away but love was strong he couldn't stay.
He rode back just to die [C] and that El Paso said.
_ _ El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by the [C] Rio Grande.
_ _ _ _ [G] I try not to let you cross my mind but still I find there's such a mystery.
In the song that [C] I don't understand.
_ My _ _ mind is down there somewhere [F] as I fly above the badlands [C] of New Mexico.
_ _ I _ _ can't explain why I should know the very trail he rode back to El _ Paso _ .
Can _ [Em] it be that [Gm] man can [F] disappear from life and [G] live [Em] another [Am] _ [C] time?
_ _ .
_ And does the mystery deepen [G] cause you think that you [Em] yourself lived in that other [C] time?
_ _ .
_ _ Somewhere in my deepest thoughts [F] familiar scenes and memories [C] unfold _ _ _ .
These _ wild and unexplained [F] emotions that I've had so long [C] but I have never told _ _ .
_ Like every time I fly up [F] through the heavens and I see you [C] there below _ _ _ .
I _ get the feeling sometime [G] in another world I lived in [C] El Paso.
_ El _ _ [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by the [C] Rio _ Grande _ _ .
_ _ [G] Could it be that I could be the cowboy in this mystery that died there in that desert sand so [C] long ago?.
_ _ [E] El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by [C] the Rio _ Grande.
_ _ _ [G] A voice tells me to go and see another voice keeps telling me.
Baby death awaits me [C] in El _ Paso _ .
El _ [F] Paso City _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ .
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ From 30,000 feet above [F] the desert floor I see it [C] there below.
_ _ [G] _ [C] _ .
A city with a legend, [F] the West Texas [C] city of El _ Paso _ .
Where _ long ago I heard a [F] song about a [Am] Texas cowboy and a [C] girl _ _ _ _ .
_ And a little place called Rose is [B] where he used to go and watch this [Em] beauty world.
[C] I _ _ _ don't recall who sang the [F] song but I recall the story [C] that I heard _ .
And _ as I look down on this [F] city I remember each and [C] every word _ _ _ .
_ The singer sang about a [F] jealous cowboy and the [Am] way he used a _ gun.
[C] _ .
To _ kill another cowboy [G] then he had to leave El Paso [C] on the run _ _ .
El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ [C] by the Rio Grande _ _ _ .
_ [G] The cowboy lived and rode away but love was strong he couldn't stay.
He rode back just to die [C] and that El Paso said.
_ _ El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by the [C] Rio Grande.
_ _ _ _ [G] I try not to let you cross my mind but still I find there's such a mystery.
In the song that [C] I don't understand.
_ My _ _ mind is down there somewhere [F] as I fly above the badlands [C] of New Mexico.
_ _ I _ _ can't explain why I should know the very trail he rode back to El _ Paso _ .
Can _ [Em] it be that [Gm] man can [F] disappear from life and [G] live [Em] another [Am] _ [C] time?
_ _ .
_ And does the mystery deepen [G] cause you think that you [Em] yourself lived in that other [C] time?
_ _ .
_ _ Somewhere in my deepest thoughts [F] familiar scenes and memories [C] unfold _ _ _ .
These _ wild and unexplained [F] emotions that I've had so long [C] but I have never told _ _ .
_ Like every time I fly up [F] through the heavens and I see you [C] there below _ _ _ .
I _ get the feeling sometime [G] in another world I lived in [C] El Paso.
_ El _ _ [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by the [C] Rio _ Grande _ _ .
_ _ [G] Could it be that I could be the cowboy in this mystery that died there in that desert sand so [C] long ago?.
_ _ [E] El [F] Paso City, _ _ _ by [C] the Rio _ Grande.
_ _ _ [G] A voice tells me to go and see another voice keeps telling me.
Baby death awaits me [C] in El _ Paso _ .
El _ [F] Paso City _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .
_ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _ _ .
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