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Mexican Guitars by The Menzingers
Mexican Guitars
Half Step Tuning (D#G#C#F#A#D#)
Chords used:
Mute/Don't play the strings marked with an 'x'
D (x00232)
A (x02220)
G (320033)
Bm (x24432)
F#m (244222)
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Intro: D, A, D, A, G
Verse One:
D A G
You were an old friend
Bm G
The kind I could confide in
D A G Bm G
And drink with on random neighbour's porch steps
Bm G A G
Our glossy eyes painted portraits of the streets
Repeat Intro
Verse Two:
D A G
You were an old friend
Bm G
That covered up your innocence
D A G Bm G
With five tattoos of all the bands you loved in high school
Bm G A G
The ones you said that I had to listen to all the time
Verse Three:
D G D
I did what I did to get away from this
Bm G D
Cause everything that's happened has left me a total wreck
D G D
And everything that I do now is meaningless
Bm G D
So I'm off to wander around the world for a little bit
F#m G
Without one hundred channels with nothing on the TV
F#m G A
And the great pessimistic unknown
Chorus:
G D
So does anyone know the best way to go?
A Bm
Which road that I could take to get to Mexico?
G D
Cause I'm so sick of living in this ditch
A Bm
With only the memory in the back of my head
Outro:
G Bm
I'm on cruise control and the radio was on
G
Yeah, they were playing that song
Bm
That we both learned on our Mexican guitars
G Bm
I'm on cruise control and the radio was on
G
They were playing that song
Bm
That we both learned on our Mexican guitars
G Bm
On our Mexican guitars, on our Mexican guitars
G Bm
On our Mexican guitars, on our Mexican guitars
G F#m
You were my old friend
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version 2
Tuning: Drop D
Intro Lead
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-------6h8-p8-6----x2------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6h8-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
not sure about the rest!!! sorry!
Intro Rhythm
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--------------------------6----------------------------------------------|
D|-6-----------66-------------6--66-4----------------------------------------|
A|-4-Let ring--66---x2--------4--66-4----------------------------------------|
D|-------------66----------------66-4-let ring-------------------------------|
Verse 1
"You were an old friend..."
e|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6--------------------------------------3x--x8-------------------------------|
D|-6-------------6------------4-----------3x----4x--x8-------------------------|
A|-4--let ring---6------------4-----------1x----4x-----------------------------|
D|---------------6-let ring---4-let ring--------4x-----------------------------|
e|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-----------------------------------3x--x8-------3x-x8-----------------------------|
D|-6-------------6------------4--------3x----4x--x8-3x---4x-x8-6x-x8-44---------------|
A|-4--let ring---6------------4--------1x----4x-----1x---4x----6x----44---------------|
D|---------------6-let ring---4x8------------4x----------4x----6x----44-let ring------|
Intro Repeat
Verse 1 Repeat
Breakdown "All the time.."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|-6-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|-6-------------------repeat------------------------------------------------|
A|-4----let ring-------------------------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--3-x16--4-x16-3-x16-4-x8-6--x8--------------------------------------------|
A|--3------4-----3-----4----6------------------------------------------------|
E|--3------4-----3-----4----6------------------------------------------------|
Outro "So does any one know..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|x2
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------6-x8--------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---4-x8--6----6-x8-8-x8----------------------------------------------------|
A|---4-----4----6----8-------------------------------------------------------|
E|---4----------6----8-------------------------------------------------------|
"Im on cruise control..."
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|--------------6---------------Repeat with strumming------------------------|
D|--4-----------6------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4-----------4--let ring--------------------------------------------------|
E|--4-let ring---------------------------------------------------------------|
"You were my old friend"
e|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--4-x32-----3--------------------------------------------------------------|
A|--4---------3--let ring----------------------------------------------------|
E|--4---------3--------------------------------------------------------------|
| / slide up
| \ slide down
| h hammer-on
| p pull-off
| ~ vibrato
| + harmonic
| x Mute note
| b Bend
| pb Pre-bend
| br Bend release
| pbr Pre-bend release
| brb Bend release bend
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