El Paso City

This song is originally from 1976 and was one of my favorite songs that my family square danced to when I was a child. If you use other cha-cha type songs, ignore the tag/bridge.

STEP, LOCK, FORWARD SHUFFLE, ROCK, RECOVER, ½ TURN LEFT

SIDE ROCK, ¼ TURN LEFT, SHUFFLE FORWARD, CONTRA ROCK, RECOVER ¾ TURN RIGHT

As an easier variation of counts 5-8, do a regular rock forward with left foot, recover weight back to right foot, turn ¼ left, step left foot to left side, step together with right foot, step left foot to left side

CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, SIDE SHUFFLE RIGHT, CROSS ROCK, RECOVER, SHUFFLE ¼ TURN LEFT

REPEAT

There is a right count tag/bridge after the 5th, 6th, 11th and 12th repetitions. Rock forward right (1), recover weight back to left foot (2), rock back with right foot (3), recover weight forward to left foot (4). The easiest way to remember this is that at the beginning of each of those repetitions Marty Robbins is singing "El Paso City, by the Rio Grande" which is the chorus. Enjoy it and sing along!