El Paso - chords, tab and comments
September 1959 Marty Robbins (1925 1982) released "Gunfighter Ballads and Trail Songs". A country & western/texmex album, it also scored #6 on the U.S. pop albums chart. It included this song, which should be his signature. Another hallmark of Robbins, was his bright voice, diction and articulation. He was not a product of his time's music business: he would have been great also today. This song is maybe a little bit ... silly? childish? Bullshit. Compared with the stupid dance music selling zillions of copies, it is pure poetry.
G Am C out in the west Texas town of El Paso D D7 G I fell in love with a mexican girl G Am C nighttime would find me in Rose's cantina D D7 G music would play and Felina would whirl G Am C black as the night were the eyes of Felina D D7 G wicked and evil while casting a spell G Am C my love was strong for this mexican maiden D D7 G I was in love but in vain I could tell C one night a wild young cowboy came in C G G7 wild as the west texas wind... G dashing and daring a drink he was sharing G7 C with wicked Felina the girl that I love D D7 so in anger ...
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