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The Mexican by Babe Ruth
The Mexican
hint : learn the Em Harmonic
scale first. : e **-*
Climb it up and down. b **-*
Make yourself at ease g ***-
'cause you'll need it! d *-**
a *-**
E **-*
^
7th fret
All guitars are in normal tuning.
Intro (3 acoustic guitars)
slowly...
guitar 1 - right channel
Am B7
|-------10---8---7----------7----8--|-7--------------------------------|
|------12--10---8---10-----8---10---|8-----10--8---7-------------------|
|------------------11---------------|-----11--9---8--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| guitar 2 - left channel |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------1------------1---------|------------0---------------------|
|--------2--------------------2-----|--------2---------2------2--------|
|----2----------------2-------------|----1-----------------1------1----|
|0----------------0-----------------|2---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| guitar 3 - left channel also (flamenco-tremolo kind of stuff) |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|77775555777777777777775555777777777|7777777777777777777777777777777777|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Am B7
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--5--3--2--0----2-3-2--------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------1---------------1------|------------0---------------------|
|--------2---------------2----------|--------2---------2------2--------|
|----2----------------2-------------|----1-----------------1------1----|
|0----------------0-----------------|2---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|77775555777777777777775555777777777|7777777777777777777777777777777777|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
Am B7
|-------10---8---7----------7----8--|-7--------------------------------|
|------12--10---8---10-----8---10---|8-----10--8---7-------------------|
|------------------11---------------|-----11--9---8--------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|------------1---------------1------|------------0---------------------|
|--------2---------------2----------|--------2---------2------2--------|
|----2----------------2-------------|----1-----------------1------1----|
|0----------------0-----------------|2---------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
| |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|77775555777777777777775555777777777|7777777777777777777777777777777777|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
(guitar 3 out)
Freely...
guitar 1 B7
(N.C.)
|-10~--7-8-----7------------------------------------------------------|
|----------10-----8-10--7--8-----7---------------------------77-7-----|
|-----------------------------9-----7--9-----7---------------88-8-----|
|-----------------------------------------10----9-10--7--9---77-7-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------99-9-----|
|------------------------------------------------------------77-7-----|
| |
|guitar 2 |
| |
|--7------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----8-10--7--8-----7------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------9-----7--9-----7------------------------------------|
|----------------------------10-----9-10--7--9-----7------------------|
|----------------------------------------------10-----9-10---2h3p0h2--|
|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
(guitar 2 out)
(Band In) - uptempo (that's a very big exercice!)
guitar 1 (dirty)
(Em)
|10-7-8----7-----------------------------------------------|
|-------10---8-10-7-8---7----------------------------------|
|---------------------9---7-9----7-------------------------|
|-----------------------------10---9-10-7-9----7-----------|
|-------------------------------------------10---9-10-7-9--|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Riff A
B7
|-------------------------------7--8--7h8p7----7--------------------------|
|----------7~----------7--8-10--------------10---10--8p7-----7h8p7----7---|
|-----8h9---------8h9-------------------------------------9--------9-----9|
|-9-----------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
(end Riff A)
repeat riff A X2 (first time without vibrato on the f#) then,
Riff B
(B7)
|---------------------------7--8--(8)|
|----------7-------7--8-10--------10~|
|-----8h9-----8h9---------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
(end riff B)
Verse 1
(guitar 2 plays the chords on wha-wha)
bass
Em G F#m A G
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7----10----99---9-9-9---12---10-|
|--------------------------------------|
| |
| guitar 1 | 4 times with lyrics
| > > |
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------10-------|
|-----------7------------------9-------|
|-----------5------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
"Chico Fernandez, sleepin' on his gun"
"Dreams of Santa-Anna fighting in the sun"
Am C Bm D C
|--------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7----10----99---9-9-9---12---10-|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
| | 2 times with lyrics
| > > |
|--------------------------------------|
|----------13-----------------15-------|
|----------12-----------------14-------|
|----------10-----------------12-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
"Drums so loud from both sides, makes it hard to dream"
Em G F#m A G
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-7--7-7----10----99---9-9-9---12---10-|
|--------------------------------------|
| |
| guitar 1 | 2 times with lyrics
| > > |
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------10-------|
|-----------7------------------9-------|
|-----------5------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
"A bluish fall on an orange fast makes that hard seem reason" (??!)
Chorus
B7 Am7 Em D C
|--------------------------------|-7----------5-------------3----------------|
|-7-----------7~--5--------------|-8----------7-------------5----------7--8~-|
|-8------8h9------5--------7--9~-|-9----------7-------------5-----7-9--------|
|-7--9------------5--7--9--------|-------------------------------------------|
|-9---------------7--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-7---------------5--------------|-------------------------------------------|
"Mornin' calm mornin' Ah Chico's gonna have his share"
B7 Cmaj7
|--------------------------------|
|-7-----------7~--8--------7--8~-|
|-8------8-9------9--7--9--------|
|-7--9-----------10--------------|
|-9--------------10--------------|
|-7---------------8--------------|
"Mornin' sad mornin'
(half time) speed-up
Dsus4 G GM7 G7
|----------------7----10-10----10-10----10-10/1210-10-8--|
|-10--8-8--10---8----12-12----12-12----12-12/1312-12-10-|
|----------------7----11-11---(10-10)----------------------|
|- 7-------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------------------------------------------------|
Sad it must be AHHHHAAHHAAHHHAAHAAHHHHHAAHAAIIAAAAH!
B7 Am7 Em D Em
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-7-----------7~--5--------------|-------------10--8--10~--------------------|
|-8-----8h9-------5--------7--9~-|-9--7--9~------------------9-9-9-9-9-9-9---|
|-7--9------------5--7--9--------|-------------------------------------------|
|-9---------------7--------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-7---------------5--------------|-------------------------------------------|
"Mornin' sad mornin' but I laughed and I cried, and I c-c-cried!
(end chorus)
play Riff A twice, then
(B7)
|---------10-8-7--------------------------------------------------------|
|----------------10-8-7-------------------------------------------------|
|----8h9----------------9-7---------------------------------------------|
|-9-------------------------10-9-7---------------------------7-9-10-7~-|
|----------------------------------10-9-7-------------10-9-7------------|
|-----------------------------------------10-8-7-8-10-------------------|
|---------------------------------7-8-----------------------7--8--(8)---|
|--------------------------7-8-10-----7~----------7--8--10--------10~--|
|----------------------7-9------------------8h9-------------------------|
|---------------7-9-10--------------------------------------------------|
|--------7-9-10---------------------------------------------------------|
|-7-8-10----------------------------------------------------------------|
B7 Am7 Em D C B7
|--------------------------------|----7-------5-------3------2------|
|-7-----------7~--5--------------|----8-------7-------5------4------|
|-8-----8h9-------5--------7--9~-|----9-------7-------5------2------|
|-7--9------------5--7--9--------|----9-------7-------5------4------|
|-9---------------7--------------|----7-------5-------3------2------|
|-7---------------5--------------|----------------------------------|
"Mornin' sad mornin' Me- xi - ca --- an !!!!"
(Am) (Em)
(Bass)
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7777-----10-10---99999-12-10-------------------------------------|
|------------------------------7777----10-10---999-9-9---12--10----|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|(Guitar) |
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------7-8-8~-----------8-7-------|
|-----------------------------9-7-9--------------------------------|
|-7----7-9-10-10~--10-9-10-----------------------------------------|
|---10-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|
B7 C D . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-7--------7-8-7---7~-----8------7-8-10-8-7-8~-----10----7-8-10--7-8-10--|
|-8----8h9-------9--------9--7-9-------------------11--7------------------|
|-7--9-------------------10------------------------12---------------------|
|-9----------------------10------------------------12---------------------|
|-7-----------------------8------------------------10---------------------|
Verse 2 (guitar 1 plays the same thing)
(guitar 2 plays the chords on Wah-Wah)
Seniorita's panned in :"Chico, come-on home!"
Santa-Anna's losing, you'll be first to go
Sam Whosman's laughin', Davy Crocket too
When Anna takes the Alamo the first to go is you,
Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1)
Mornin' calm mornin'
Ah Chico's gonna have his share
Mornin' sad mornin'
Heaven will be THERE-AHHHHHHHHHHH
Mornin' sad mornin'
What a laugh and a laugh AH AH AH AH AH AH AH!
Play Riff A 4 times (don't forget to add the vibrato on the F# half the times)
Play Riff B once
Then play only the end of it (below) 3 times.
(B7)
|------------------7--8-- 8--|
|-7-------7--8-10--------10~|
|----8h9---------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
(Em)
|-------------|
|-------------| 4 times (while guitar 2 continues wah-wah-ing)
|-------------|
|-2-----------|
|-2-----------|
|-0-------12-|
And here's the famous Morricone riff :
Riff C
(Em) A Em C B5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------7-------7-8p7-----7------------------|
|----9~--7------------------------9-9---9-7-9-------9-9---9-7-9-7h9p7------|
|-9---------9~--7--9~--72~----9--------------------------------------9-9--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Am Bm D D5 Em D5 Em
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7----------7--8----------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9--7--9--------9--7-6-7---------------7-/-9---------7-/-9--------|
|----------------------------------9--7-74-----7-/-9---------7-/-9--------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-/-7---------5-/-7--------|
|---------------------------------------------------0-------------0--------|
(end riff C)
Repeat Riff C once normaly then,
Once without guitar 2 (wah-wah) for the first half
And here's the "GRUNGY" part:
guitar 2 kills its wah-wah, and stomps on its mother fuzz
E5 G5 F#5 A5 G5
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0----3----22---2-2-2----5----3--|
| |
| guitar 1 | 8 times
| > > |
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------10-------|
|-----------7------------------9-------|
|-----------5------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
(guitar 2 out)
(Em)
|--------------------7------------------------|
|--------7-------7-8-------7------------------|
|-9-9--9---9-7-9-------9-9---9-7-9-7h9p7------|
|----------------------------------------9-9--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
D5 E5 D5 E5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------7----------7--8----------------------------------------------------|
|-9--9----9--7--9--------9--7-6-7---------------7-/-9---------7-/-9--------|
|----------------------------------9--7-74-----7-/-9---------7-/-9--------|
|-----------------------------------------------5-/-7---------5-/-7--------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
Play Riff A 3 times
Play Riff B
then play the last part of Riff B until fade-out.
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