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El Paso

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Intro:  G   D    A   G   D    A   G   D    A   G   D  A  
Flooded roads  G    D    AOut of town
GCall and Dtelephone Alines are down
I Gcall and the Dlines are AdownG  D  A  
Retarded girl  G    D   Aoh' she slurs
GTornadoes Dout on the Adesert sir
GTornadoes Dout on the Adesert
and I'm going to
EEl APaso I'm going to,
EEl APaso I'm going to,
EEl APaso I'm going toG  D  A  
Chicken blood   G    D    Aon my pants
GMy Hands are shDaky and piAllow's damp
GMy Hands are shDaky and piAllow's damp yeah
Cigarette   G    D    ARumble seat
GDrive all dDay got nAothing to eat
I'm DGrivin all dDay got nAothing 
to get me to
EEl PAaso I'm going to,
EEl PAaso I'm going to,
EEl PAaso I'm going tooo....
Solo:
Look out   G    D    AJuarez
GI'm gonna daDnce with the StrAawberry girl
GI'm gonna daDnce with the StrAawberry girl
Green shirt   G    D    AMuddy shoes
GWaiting on the bDus to gAet me through
I'm wGaiting on the bDus to gAet me 
to where I'm going to
EEl PaAso I'm going to,
EEl PaAso I'm going to
EEl PaAso I'm going to
G D A  G D A  G D A  G D A
and im going to
EEl PaAso I'm going to
EEl PaAso I'm going to
EEl PaAso I'm going to
G D A  G D A  G D A  G D A

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El Paso

by The Gourds

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

G D A G D A G D A G D A

Intro:

G D A

Flooded roads Out of town

G D A

Call and telephone lines are down

G D A G D A

I call and the lines are down

G D A

Retarded girl oh' she slurs

G D A

Tornadoes out on the desert sir

G D A

Tornadoes out on the desert

and I'm going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to,

E A

El Paso I'm going to,

E A G D A

El Paso I'm going to

G D A

Chicken blood on my pants

G D A

My Hands are shaky and pillow's damp

G D A

My Hands are shaky and pillow's damp yeah

G D A

Cigarette Rumble seat

G D A

Drive all day got nothing to eat

G D A

I'm Drivin all day got nothing

to get me to

E A

El Paso I'm going to,

E A

El Paso I'm going to,

E A

El Paso I'm going tooo....

Solo:

G D A

Look out Juarez

G D A

I'm gonna dance with the Strawberry girl

G D A

I'm gonna dance with the Strawberry girl

G D A

Green shirt Muddy shoes

G D A

Waiting on the bus to get me through

G D A

I'm waiting on the bus to get me

to where I'm going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to,

E A

El Paso I'm going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to

G D A G D A G D A G D A

and im going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to

E A

El Paso I'm going to

G D A G D A G D A G D A

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