Tom Russell - Leaving el paso

Adios, my ^Afriend, we're leaving El ^DPaso All the Rio Grande's gone ^Abone dry and all the stories have been ^Dtold We're heading up north ^Gnow, up the Jornada del ^F#mMuerto On the trail of the conquista^Emdores ^A towards the Santa Fe ^Dsun

Say goodbye to those ^AMexican women down at The H&H ^DCar Wash Café All their huevos ran^Acheros and that red enchilada ^Dplate Where a mountain lion walked in ^Gone day, so thirsty for ^F#mwater, they say But the cops took him ^Emdown ^A inside the car wash front g^Date

So it's, "Adios, my ^Afriends," we're leaving El ^DPaso All the Rio Grande's gone ^Abone dry and all the stories have been ^Dtold We're hooking it up north ^Gnow, up the Jornada del ^F#mMuerto Following the conquista^Emdores ^A to the Santa Fe ^Dsun

Remember that old ^Acowboy song about Rosa's Can^Dtina? Around the jukebox at ^ARosa's, we sang it loud and we sang it ^Dlong Staring up at Mt. ^GCristo Rey where the cowboy ^F#mrode down to his fate To die in the arms of Fe^Emlina, ^Aman, that was a hell of a ^Dsong

So it's, "Adios, my ^Afriends," we're leaving El ^DPaso All the Rio Grande's gone ^Abone dry and all the stories have been ^Dtold We're hooking it up north ^Gnow, up the Jornada del ^F#mMuerto On the trail of the conquista^Emdores ^A toward the Santa Fe ^Dsun Following the dry, old ^EmRio Bravo ^A towards the Santa Fe ^Dsun