Feleena (Feleena, from El Paso) Marty Robbins

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Difficulty: Novice
Capo: Second
Tuning: E A D G B E

DOut in New Mexico, many long years ago
There in a shack on the desert, one night in a A7storm
A7Amid streaks of lightnin' and loud desert thunder
To a young Mexican couple, a baby was Dborn;
DJust as the baby cried, thunder and lightnin' died
Moon gave it's light to the world and the D7stars did the Gsame
Mother and Father, both Dproud of the daughter
That heaven had sent them, Felina was A7this baby's Dname.

DWhen she was seventeen, bothered by crazy dreams
She ran away from the shack and left them to A7roam
A7Father and Mother, both asked one another
What made her run away, what made Felina leave Dhome;
DTired of the desert nights, fartherly grieved to strife
She ran away late one night in the D7moon's golden Ggleam
She didn't know where she'd Dgo, but that she'd get there
And she would find happiness, if she would A7follow her Ddream.

DAfter she ran away, she went to Sante Fe
And in the year that she stayed there, she learned about A7life
A7In just a little while, she learned that with a smile
She could have pretty clothes, she could be any man's Dwife;
DRich men romanced her, they dined and they danced her
She understood men and she treated them D7all just the Gsame
A form that was fine and Drare, dark shining glossy hair
Lovely to look at Felina was A7this woman's Dname.

DRestless in Sante Fe, she had to get away
To any town where the lights had a much brighter A7glow
A7One cowboy mentioned the town of El Paso
They never stopped dancin' and money like whiskey did Dflow;
DShe bought a one-way, a ticket from Sante Fe
Three days and nights on a stage with a D7rest now and Gthen
She didn't mind that, she Dknew she would find that
Her new life would be more exciting than A7where she had Dbeen.

DThe stage made it's last stop, up there on the mountain top
To let her see all of the lights at the foot of the A7hill
A7Her world was brighter and deep down inside her
An uncontrolled beating, her young heart just wouldn't be Dstill;
DShe got a hotel, a room at the Lily Belle
Quickly she changed to a D7form-fitting black satin Gdress
Ev'ry man stopped to Dstare at this form fine and rare
Even the women remarked of the A7charm she posDsessed.

DDancin' and laughter was what she was after
And Rosa's Cantina had lights, with a love in thA7e gleam
A7That's what she hunted and that's what she wanted
Rosa's was one place a nice girl would never be sDeen;
DIt was the same way it was back in Sante Fe
Men would make fools of themD7selves at the thought of Gromance
Rosa took heed of the Dplace was in need of
This kind of excitement, so she paid FeA7lina to Ddance.

DA year passed and maybe more and then through the swingin' doors
Came a young cowboy so tall and so handsomely A7dressed
A7This one was new in town, hadn't been seen around
He was so different, he wasn't like all of the Drest;
DFelina danced close to him, then threw a rose to him
Quickly he walked to her D7table and there he sat Gdown
And in a day or so, Dwherever folks would go
They'd see this young cowboy, showin' FelA7ina the Dtown.

DSix weeks he went with her, each minute spent with her
But he was insanely jealous of glances she'd A7give
A7Inside he was a-hurtin', from all of her flirtin'
That was her nature and that was the way that she Dlived;
DShe flirted one night, it started a gun-fight
And after the smoke cleared D7away, on the floor lay a Gman
Felina's young lover, had Dshot down another
And he had to leave there, so out through the A7back door he Dran.

DThe next day at five o'clock, she heard a rifle shot
Quickly she ran to the door, that was facin' the A7pass
A7She saw her cowboy, her wild-ridin' cowboy
Low in the saddle, her cowboy was ridin' in Dfast;
DShe ran to meet him, to kiss and to greet him
He saw her and motioned her D7back, with a wave of his Ghand
Bullets were flyin', DFeleena was cryin'
As she saw him fall from the saddle and A7into the Dsand.

DFeleena knelt near him, to hold and to hear him
When she felt the warm blood that flowed from the wound in his A7side
A7He raised to kiss her and she heard him whisper
"Never forget me - Felina it's Dover, goodbye."
DQuickly she grabbed for, the six-gun that he wore
And screamin' in anger and placin' the D7gun to her Gbreast
Bury us both deep and Dmaybe we'll find peace
And pullin' the trigger, she fell 'cross the A7dead cowboy's Dchest.

DOut in El Paso, whenever the wind blows
If you listen closely at night, you'll hear in the A7wind

A woman is cryin', it's not the wind sighin'
Old timer's tell you, Felina is callin' for Dhim;

You'll hear them talkin' and you'll hear them walkin'
You'll hear them laugh and you'll look, but there's D7no one aGround
Don't be alarmed - there is Dreally no harm there
It's only the young cowboy, showin' FelA7ina the Dtown.

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