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Subject: The_mexican.tab (as mentionned in a previous mail to Cal Woods)
Here's what happends when Rock and Spaggetti Westerns are blended toghether...
THE MEXICAN - BABE RUTH
(Alan Shacklock)
(interpolating "Per Qualche Dollaro in Piu" by Morricone)
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--------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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| guitar 2 - left channel |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------1------------1---------|------------0---------------------| |--------2--------------------2-----|--------2---------2------2--------| |----2----------------2-------------|----1-----------------1------1----| |0----------------0-----------------|2---------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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| guitar 3 - left channel also (flamenco-tremolo kind of stuff) |
| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

|77775555777777777777775555777777777|7777777777777777777777777777777777|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

Am B7
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |--5--3--2--0----2-3-2--------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------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--------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

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| |
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------| |------------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----10-10/12\10-10-\8--| |-10--8-8--10\---8----12-12----12-12----12-12/13\12-12-\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~--7\2~----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--7-7\4-----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--7-7\4-----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.
Transcribed by David Viens and Eric Patenaude using the CD,
the live video and our 4-track on half speed mode ... He He!
Feel free to post suggestions to make it better.
viensd@ceres.JSP.UMontreal.CA
or viensd@mistral.ERE.UMontreal.CA
And please, could somebody give me the REAL lyrics?!!
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Pis parle donc en francais maudit traitre!
- D'accord.... SUCE MA TELECOMMANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sans cedilles ni accents je me sens comme Mulronney!

Source: http://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/b/babe_ruth/the_mexican_tab.html

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