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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 Chord diagramE minorEm Harmonic
    scale first.       : e    **-*
    Climb it up and down.   b    **-*
    Make yourself at ease   g    ***-
    'cause you'll need it!   d    *-**
                 a    *-**
                 Chord diagramE MajorE    **-*
                     ^
                     7th fret

    All guitars are in normal tuning.

    Intro (3 acoustic guitars)
    slowly...

 guitar 1 - right channel
 Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramB7B7
|-------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|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  Chord diagramA minorAm                 Chord diagramB7B7
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--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|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

 Chord diagramA minorAm                  Chord diagramB7B7
|-------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                          Chord diagramB7B7
 (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)
 (Chord diagramE minorEm)
|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 Chord diagramA augmentedA
      Chord diagramB7B7
|-------------------------------7--8--7h8p7----7--------------------------|
|----------7~----------7--8-10--------------10---10--8p7-----7h8p7----7---|
|-----8h9---------8h9-------------------------------------9--------9-----9|
|-9-----------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                               (end Riff Chord diagramA augmentedA)
repeat riff Chord diagramA augmentedA X2 (first time without vibrato on the f#) then,

 Riff Chord diagramBB
 (Chord diagramB7B7)
|---------------------------7--8--(8)\|
|----------7-------7--8-10--------10~\|
|-----8h9-----8h9---------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
              (end riff Chord diagramBB)
 Verse 1

(guitar 2 plays the chords on wha-wha)
 bass
 Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramG+G   Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+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, ....
"Dreams of Santa-Anna ...

 Chord diagramA minorAm     Chord diagramC majorC  Chord diagramB minorBm      Chord diagramD MajorD  Chord diagramC majorC
|--------------------------------------|
|-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 ...

 Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramG+G  Chord diagramF# minorF#m      Chord diagramA augmentedA  Chord diagramG+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 ....(??!)

Chorus

 Chord diagramB7B7       Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramE minorEm     Chord diagramD MajorD       Chord diagramC majorC
|--------------------------------|-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'     ...
 Chord diagramB7B7       Chord diagramCmaj7Cmaj7
|--------------------------------|
|-7-----------7~--8--------7--8~-|
|-8------8-9------9--7--9--------|
|-7--9-----------10--------------|
|-9--------------10--------------|
|-7---------------8--------------|

 "Mornin'   sad mornin'

         (half time)        ...
 Chord diagramDsus4Dsus4     Chord diagramG+G  GM7   Chord diagramG7G7
|----------------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 ....

 Chord diagramB7B7       Chord diagramAm7Am7       Chord diagramE minorEm      Chord diagramD MajorD      Chord diagramE minorEm
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-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 ....

            (end chorus)
play Riff Chord diagramA augmentedA twice, then

 (Chord diagramB7B7)
|---------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----------------------------------------------------------------|

 Chord diagramB7B7       Chord diagramAm7Am7         Chord diagramE minorEm   Chord diagramD MajorD    Chord diagramC majorC   Chord diagramB7B7
|--------------------------------|----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'     ...

 (Chord diagramA minorAm)             (Chord diagramE minorEm)
 (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-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

 Chord diagramB7B7           Chord diagramC majorC             Chord diagramD MajorD      . . .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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 :"....

Chorus 2 (same as chorus 1)

 Mornin' calm mornin'...


Play Riff Chord diagramA augmentedA 4 times (don't forget to add the vibrato on the Chord diagramF#F# half the times)
Play Riff Chord diagramBB once
Then play only the end of it (below) 3 times.
 (Chord diagramB7B7)
|------------------7--8-- 8--|
|-7-------7--8-10--------10~\|
|----8h9---------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|

 (Chord diagramE minorEm)
|-------------|
|-------------|  4 times (while guitar 2 continues wah-wah-ing)
|-------------|
|-2-----------|
|-2-----------|
|-0-------12\-|

And here's the famous Morricone riff :

 Riff Chord diagramC majorC
 (Chord diagramE minorEm)          Chord diagramA augmentedA    Chord diagramE minorEm        Chord diagramC majorC         Chord diagramB5B5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------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--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 Chord diagramA minorAm            Chord diagramB minorBm    Chord diagramD MajorD     Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramE minorEm    Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramE minorEm
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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 Chord diagramC majorC)

Repeat Riff Chord diagramC majorC 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
 Chord diagramE5E5    Chord diagramG5G5  Chord diagramF#5F#5      Chord diagramA5A5  Chord diagramG5G5
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0----3----22---2-2-2----5----3--|
|                   |
| guitar 1               |   8 times
|      >         >    |
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------10-------|
|-----------7------------------9-------|
|-----------5------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
             (guitar 2 out)
 (Chord diagramE minorEm)
|--------------------7------------------------|
|--------7-------7-8-------7------------------|
|-9-9--9---9-7-9-------9-9---9-7-9-7h9p7------|
|----------------------------------------9-9--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
                        Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramE5E5    Chord diagramD5D5 Chord diagramE5E5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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 Chord diagramA augmentedA 3 times
Play Riff Chord diagramBB
then play the last part of Riff Chord diagramBB 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.
    [email protected]
 or   [email protected]

    And please, could somebody give me the REAL lyrics?!!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
   Pis parle donc en francais maudit traitre!
   - D'accord.... SUCE MA TELECOMMANDE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    Sans cedilles ni accents je me sens comme Mulronney!

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