Tabs
SONG: Tequila
ARTIST: The Champs
YEAR: 1958
TAB: Cluin
E-MAIL: [email protected]
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Found many "faulty" versions of the classic party
tune "Tequila" on the Web when i went looking...
especially deficient in the bridge of the tune. But I
different key because it was covered at a later date
by "The Shadows".
But the original version was by "The Champs" in 1958.
They recorded it in the saxophone-friendly key of
FF Myxolydian. (Don't groan, folks; it ain't that
hard.)
But get a sax player to do the leads. You're on
rhythm here... closed chord forms on the top 4
strings and swing it.
Chords for the main part of the song:
(note 2 muted bass strings throughout; just play top 4
strings)
The chord shape's the same, it just slides down and
back up 2 frets.
(also, play all as downstrums, but upstrums on the
beats marked with an *)
* * * * * * * *
FF 
Eb MajorEb FF Eb MajorEb FF Eb MajorEb FF Eb MajorEb
E/--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--\
BB|--6--6--4-----6--6--4-4-4-4--|--6--6--4-----6--4--4-4-4-4--| o
G+G|--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--|
D MajorD|--7--7--5-----7--7--5-5-5-5--|--7--7--5-----7--5--5-5-5-5--| o
A augmentedA|X----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E\X----------------------------|-----------------------------/
Listen to the recording to get the rhythm right.
Keep repeating the above pattern until the bridge.
Chords for the bridge:
(one strum only at beginning of each bar; syncopate
some on the FF chord if you wish, the recording has a
hard FF staccato chord at the end of every bar that it
occurs in... if you're feeling real confident, try
punching in an 8th fret FF major barre chord for
effect, like this: x x 10 10 10 8)
G#dim7G#dim7 FF G#dim7G#dim7 FF G#dim7G#dim7 FF
E/--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----\
BB|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|
G+G|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|
D MajorD|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|
A augmentedA|X------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E\X------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------/
* *
G minorGm 
C majorC
E/--6-6-6-6--6--6----8-----\
BB|--9-9-9-9--9--9----8-----|
G+G|--7-7-7-7--7--7----9-----| ....T 
E MajorE Q U I L A augmentedA !!!
D MajorD|--9-9-9-9--9--9----10----|
A augmentedA|X-----------------(10)---|
E\X-----------------(8)----/
Note: the recording doesn't have guitar chording for
the last bit of the bridge (the G minorGm part), just the
bass, drums & sax, but you can play as above and you
can play a full 8th fret C majorC major barre chord at the
end for punctuation.
Then go back to the FF & Eb MajorEb chord pattern until the
next bridge.
After the last bridge end on the FF & Eb MajorEb chord pattern
again but at the last do a quick FF Eb MajorEb FF change,
ending on the FF chord.
and...
....T E MajorE Q U I L A augmentedA !!!!!!
Have fun, Cluin.
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