La bamba

Los lobos

 
Transcription by Toutou S. Manivong
 
- INTRODUCTION - (guitar 1 plays riff A)
- VERSE 1 - (guitar 2 strums the chords)
 
 
               C    F  G7                 C 
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba,
 
   F   G7              C     F  G7             C      F            
se necesita un poca de gracia,     una poca de gracia para mi para
 
G7             C  F  G7         C         F     G7 
tiy ariba y ariba,     ay ariba ariba por ti se re 
 
          C       F     G7
por ti se re, por ti se re
 
 
 
 
- VERSE 2 - (guitar 2 strums the chords C F and G7)
 
 
          C       F  G7              C  
yo no soy marinero,    yo no soy marinero
 
    F   G7           C        F   G7
soy capitan, soy capitan, soy capitan
 
 
 
- CHORUS - (guitar 1 plays riff B)
           (guitar 2 strums the chords)
 
C  F   G7
bamba, bamba
 
C  F   G7
bamba, bamba
 
C  F   G7
bamba, bamba
 
   C F G7
bamba
 
 
 
 
- VERSE 3 - (guitar 2 strums the chords)
 
 
               C     F  G7                C
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba,
 
   F   G7              C     F  G7            C      F               
se necesita un poca de gracia,    una poca de gracia para mi para
 
G7            C    F  G7 
tiy ariba y ariba 
 
 
 
- GUITAR SOLO -
 
NOTES: (p)  pull off
       (h)  hammer on
        /   slide up
        \   slide down
       (tr) tremolo picking
 
guitar 2 continues strumming C F G7 repetitively throughout the solo.
 
  (tremolo on the open g-string)
  (play this for 2 bars)
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-------0--0(h)2--0------0----|
G |-------(tr)-0---------------|-0--2----------------2-----2-|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |--0--2--0-----0--------0----|-----------------------------|
D |-----------3-----2--3-------|-2--3--0--2-----0------------|
A |----------------------------|-------------3-----2--3--0---|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
E |----------------------------|-----------------------0--1--|
B |----------------------------|--------------0--1--3--------|
G |----------------------------|--------0--2-----------------|
D |-------------------------0--|--2--3-----------------------|
A |-2-----0--------0--2--3-----|-----------------------------|
E |----3-----1--3--------------|-----------------------------|
 
					      (tremolo for 1 bar)
E |-----0--1-----0--1----------|----------(tr)-3-------------|
B |--3--------3----------------|-----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
(as soon as you come out of the
 tremolo from previous bar, slide
 up to the 12 fret then back
 without picking)
 
E |--------3/12\3--------------|-5--3(h)5(p)3--1(h)3(p)1(p)0-|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
E |-1-----0--------0-----------|-----------------------------|
B |----3-----1--3-----1--3-----|--0(h)1(p)0-----0------------|
G |----------------------------|-------------2-----2---------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |--0(h)2(p)0-----0--------0--|-----------------------------|
D |-------------3-----2--3-----|---2--3----------------------|
A |----------------------------|---------2(h)3(p)2(p)0-------|
E |----------------------------|------------------------3----|
 
   (tremolo for 1 bar)              (tremolo for 1 bar)
E |----------------------------|--0--1--(tr)-3---------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |-------------(tr)-0---------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--2--3------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
 
 
E |----------------------------|------------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------1--0---------------|
G |----------------------------|--0--0--2--2--0-------0--2--2-|
D |----------------------------|--2--0--3----------0--0--3--3-|
A |------0--2--7\--------------|----------------2--2----------|
E |---3--------8\--------------|----------------3-------------|
 
 
E |----------------------------||
B |---------------------1--0---||
G |---0--0-----0--0--2--2--0---||
D |---2--0--2--2--0--3---------||
A |---------3------------------||
E |----------------------------||
 
 
	         		* END SOLO*
 
 
 
- VERSE 4 - (exactly the same as verse 1)
 
               C     F  G7                C 
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba,
 
   F   G7              C     F  G7             C      F            
se necesita un poca de gracia,     una poca de gracia para mi para
 
G7           C    F  G7           C       F     G7 
tiy ariba y ariba,     ay ariba ariba por ti se re 
 
          C       F     G7
por ti se re, por ti se re
 
 
 
 
- ENDING CHORUS - (guitar 1 plays riff C repetitively)
                  (guitar 2 strums chords)
 
 
C  F G7
bamba,  bamba
 
C  F G7
bamba, bamba
 
C  F G7
bamba, bamba
 
C  F G7
bamba, bamba
 
 
 
 
* END OF SONG* (classical piece kicks in here)
 
 
 
 
 
 
			************   RIFFS  *************
 
 
- RIFF A - (introduction)
 
 
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------1--0--|----------------------------|
G |-------------0--0--2--2--0--|-------0---2--2--0---0------|
D |-------------2--0--3--------|----0--0---3--3--2---0------|
A |----0--2--3-----------------|-2--2-----------------------|
E |-3--------------------------|-3--------------------------|
 
 
E |----------------------------||
B |-------------------1---0----||
G |-------0--0--2--2--2---0----||
D |---2---2--0--3--3-----------||
A |---3------------------------||
E |----------------------------||
 
 
 
 
- RIFF B - (chorus)
 
 
      bam - ba     bamba
 
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------0-----------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------0-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------------------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|
 
 
      bam - ba     bamba
 
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------0-----------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------0-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------------------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|
 
 
      bam - ba     bamba                             bam -
 
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------0-----------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------0-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------------------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|
 
      ba
 
E |----------------------------||
B |----------------------------||
G |----------------2---0-------||
D |------2--0--3---------------||
A |---3------------------------||
E |----------------------------||
 
 
 
 
- RIFF C - (used in ending chorus, play repetitively)
 
 
      bam - ba     bamba
 
E |----------------------------|----------------------------||
B |----------------0-----------|----------------------------||
G |---------2------0-----------|----------------------------||
D |---2-----3------------------|------0---3--3--2--0--------||
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------||
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------||