Bound for El Paso Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]They circled the cabin
She [G]stepped out to meet [D]them
With a Winchester [A]rifle
[D]That'd [A]kept [D]them away

[Verse 2]
[D]
Twelve young apaches
[A]On [G]Calico [D]ponies
Leader among them
[A]On a white paint bay[D]

[Verse 3]
He [A]looked down upon her
Sin[D]cere admiration
[A]Many had fought [D]him
And many had died
[A]

[Verse 4]
Was she alone
[D]Where was her husband
He [E]asked her the question
To [A]which she replied
[D]I

[Verse 5]
wait for the man
Who's [G]bound [D]for El Paso
Riding alone fetching [A]seed
[D]s and supplies

[Verse 6]
[D]
Leaving behind
His [G]home in [D]the canyon
Wife and two children
[A]With tears [D]in their eyes

[Verse 7]
In [D]a quiet saloon
[G]Near [D]Culberson county
An argument led to the end
of a gun
[A][D]

[Verse 8]
From the bar stood a traveler
Who [G]did what [D]he could[G]
[D]To even the odd[A]s tha[D]t wer[A]e three
again[D]st [A]one[D][A]

[Verse 9]
[A]A thunderous sound
[D]Followed by silence
The trav[A]eler lay dead
with [G]a hole [D]in his side

[Verse 10]
His [A]newfound companion
[D]Knelt down beside him
[E]Asked who he was
The bar[A]tender replied

[Verse 11]
[D]Lying there's a man
Who was [G]bound for [D]El Paso
Riding alone fetching [A]seed
s and sup[D]plies

[Verse 12]
[D]
Leaving behind
His [G]home in [D]the canyon
Wife and two children
With tears in their eyes

[Verse 13]
This [D]newfound companion
Set [G]out [D]for [G]the canyon[D]
Headed for nowhere
[A]But he never slo[D]wed down

[Verse 14]
[D]
One early [A]morn[D]ing
He [G]awoke to [D]the sounds of
Calico [A]ponies
And hoofs on [D]the ground
[A][D]

[Verse 15]
[A][D]
[A]He fought for his life
But fi[D]nally fell captive
Cer[A]tain he'd come to the [D]end of his days

[Verse 16]
[A]His fight was over
[D]His fate was sealed
By the [E]will of the leader on the [A]white

[Interlude 1]
paint bay
[A][D][G][D][A][D]
[G][D][A][D]

[Verse 17]
[D]Come morning light
He awoke near a cabin
The leader looked on

[Verse 18]
As his hands were untied
[D]
He looked around briefly
Si[G]lently [D]wondered
Would this be the moment
[A]he fi[D]nally died

[Verse 19]
The [A]cabin door opened
And [D]out stepped a woman
A [A]Winchester rifle held [D]close to her side

[Verse 20]
That [A]newfound companion
looked [D]up at the woman
She [E]asked who he was
To [A]which he replied

[Verse 21]
I'm in [D]debt to a man
Who was [G]bound for El [D]Paso
Riding alone fetching [A]seed
[D]s and supplies

[Verse 22]
[D]
Leaving behind
His [G]home in [D]the canyon
Wife and two children
With [A]tears [D]in their eyes

[Outro 1]
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