Out in the Wes

        
t Texas town o

f El Paso
            
I fell in love

              
 with a Mexica

  
n girl.
              
Nighttime woul

             
d find me in R


ose's Cantina,
            
Music would pl

              
ay and Felina 

      
would whirl.

             
Blacker than n

              
ight were the 


eyes of Felina

,
            
Wicked and evi

              
l while castin

    
g a spell.
              
My love was de

            
ep for this Me

xican maiden,
            
I was in love,

              
 but in vain I

       
 could tell.

             
One night a wi

             
ld young cowbo

       
y came in,
             
Wild as the We

         
st Texas wind.

Dashing and da

ring, a drink 

he was sharing

,
            
With wicked Fe

              
lina, the girl

        
 that I love.
      
So in anger

             
I challenged h

              
is right for t

   
he love of thi

s maiden;
            
Down went his 

              
hand for the g

           
un that he wor

e.
              
My challenge w

              
as answered, i

  
n less than a 

heartbeat
            
The handsome y

              
oung stranger 

              
lay dead on th

  
e floor.

             
Just for a mom

      
ent I stood th

ere in silence

,
            
Shocked by the

              
 foul evil dee

        
d I had done.
              
Many thoughts 

              
ran through my

 
 mind as I sto

od there;
            
I had but one 

              
chance and tha

         
t was to run.


             
Out through th

              
e back door of

          
 Rose's I ran,
              
Out where the 

           
horses were ti

ed.

I caught a goo

d one; it look

ed like it cou

ld run,
            
Up on its back

              
 and away I di

  
d ride.
        
Just as fast a

s

             
I could from t

              
he West Texas 


town of El Pas

o,
            
Out to the bad

              
lands of New M

   
exico.
              
Back in El Pas

     
o my life woul

d be worthless

;
            
Everything's g

              
one in life no

         
thing is left.

             
It's been so l

              
ong since I've

 
 seen the youn

g maiden,
            
My love is str

              
onger that my 

        
fear of death.

             
I saddled up a

             
nd away I did 


go,
             
Riding alone i

      
n the dark.

Maybe tomorrow

 a bullet may 

find me,
            
Tonight nothin

              
g's worse than

              
 this pain in 

   
my heart.
        
And as last he

re

             
I am on the hi

       
ll overlooking

 El Paso,
            
I can see Rose

             
's Cantina bel

ow.
              
My love is str

           
ong and it pus

hes me onward,
            
Down off the h

              
ill to Felina 

  
I go.

             
Off to my righ

        
t I see five m

ounted cowboys

,
            
Off to my left

        
 ride a dozen 

and more.
              
Shouting and s

           
hooting; I can

't let them ca

tch me,
            
I have to make

              
 it to Rose's 

      
back door.

             
Something is d

             
readfully wron

        
g for I feel
             
A deep burning

 
 pain in my si

de.

Though I am tr

ying to stay i

n the saddle.
            
I'm getting we

              
ary, unable to

 
 ride.
       
But my love fo

r

             
Felina is stro

         
ng and I rise 

where I've fal

len;
            
Though I am we

              
ary, I can't s

       
top to rest.
              
I see the whit

          
e puff of smok

e from the rif

le,
            
I feel the bul

              
let go deep in

    
 my chest.

             
From out of no

          
where, Felina 

has found me,
            
Kissing my che

              
ek as she knee

         
ls by my side.
              
Cradled by two

        
 loving arms t

hat I'll die f

or,
            
One little kis

              
s and Felina g

   
oodbye.


Mtburr (mtburr@gmail.com) adapted this tab from the excellent version by 
Greg Vaughn (gvaughn@olga.net). This adaptation corrects a few of the lyrics, 
but more importantly it strips out the tab intro and inserts the chords for
all lines, so (hopefully) UG's active chords will work for transposition.
(Marty Robbins's voice is pretty high and tough for basses and baritones to
follow.) Here's Greg's note from the original below; it's a good suggestion.

I'd suggest playing A7 as (x02223). Alternate bass notes on beats one
and four throughout the verses. You might want to try Dadd9 (xx0230)
in place of the D in the first line of the chorus.