Leaving El Paso chords

Tom Russell

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Intro 
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Adios, my friend, we're leaving El Paso 
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All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told 
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We're heading up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto 
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On the trail of the conquistadores  towards the Santa Fe sun 

verse 1 
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Say goodbye to those Mexican women down at The H&H Car Wash Café 
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All their huevos rancheros and that red enchilada plate 
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Where a mountain lion walked in one day, so thirsty for water, they say 
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But the cops took him down  inside the car wash front gate 

                    A                          D 
So it's, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso 
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All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told 
                          G                       F#m 
We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto 
                       Em    A                D 
Following the conquistadores  to the Santa Fe sun 

Interlude 
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verse 2 
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Remember that old cowboy song about Rosa's Cantina? 
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Around the jukebox at Rosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it long 
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Staring up at Mt. Cristo Rey where the cowboy rode down to his fate 
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To die in the arms of Felina, man, that was a hell of a song 

                    A                          D 
So it's, "Adios, my friends," we're leaving El Paso 
                          A                                      D 
All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told 
                          G                       F#m 
We're hooking it up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto 
                             Em    A                    D 
On the trail of the conquistadores  toward the Santa Fe sun 
                       Em        A                     D 
Following the dry, old Rio Bravo  towards the Santa Fe sun 

Outro 
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