Leaving El Paso chords by Tom Russell

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: D MajorD

Difficulty: Novice

Intro:
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD

Chorus:
     A augmentedA            D MajorD
Adios, my friend, we're leaving El Paso
             A augmentedA                   D MajorD
All the Rio Grande's gone bone dry and all the stories have been told
            G+G            F# minorF#m
We're heading up north now, up the Jornada del Muerto
               E minorEm  A augmentedA           D MajorD
On the trail of the conquistadores towards the Santa Fe sun

Verse 1:
           A augmentedA               D MajorD
Say goodbye to those Mexican women down at The H&H Car Wash Café
          A augmentedA               D MajorD
All their huevos rancheros and that red enchilada plate
                G+G            F# minorF#m
Where a mountain lion walked in one day, so thirsty for water, they say
           E minorEm  A augmentedA              D MajorD
But the cops took him down inside the car wash front gate

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

Interlude:
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA D MajorD

Verse 2:
         A augmentedA              D MajorD
Remember that old cowboy song about Rosa's Cantina?
           A augmentedA                   D MajorD
Around the jukebox at Rosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it long
         G+G              F# minorF#m
Staring up at Mt. Cristo Rey where the cowboy rode down to his fate
            E minorEm  A augmentedA             D MajorD
To die in the arms of Felina, man, that was a hell of a song

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

Outro:
D MajorD E minorEm A augmentedA x2 D MajorD