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Tequila by The Champs

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SONG:    Tequila
ARTIST:  The Champs
YEAR:    1958
TAB:     Cluin
E-MAIL:  cluin@yahoo.com
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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
F 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 *)


                *  *  *   *                   *  *  * *
    F     Eb    F     Eb          F     Eb    F  Eb

E/--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--\
B|--6--6--4-----6--6--4-4-4-4--|--6--6--4-----6--4--4-4-4-4--| o
G|--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--|
D|--7--7--5-----7--7--5-5-5-5--|--7--7--5-----7--5--5-5-5-5--| o
A|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 F chord if you wish, the recording has a
hard F staccato chord at the end of every bar that it
occurs in... if you're feeling real confident, try
punching in an 8th fret F major barre chord for
effect, like this:  x x 10 10 10 8)

   G#dim7   F      G#dim7   F      G#dim7   F

E/--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----\
B|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|
G|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|
D|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|
A|X------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|
E\X------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------/

      *   *
    Gm               C

E/--6-6-6-6--6--6----8-----\
B|--9-9-9-9--9--9----8-----|
G|--7-7-7-7--7--7----9-----| ....T E Q U I L A  !!!
D|--9-9-9-9--9--9----10----|
A|X-----------------(10)---|
E\X-----------------(8)----/

Note: the recording doesn't have guitar chording for
the last bit of the bridge (the Gm part), just the
bass, drums & sax, but you can play as above and you
can play a full 8th fret C major barre chord at the
end for punctuation.


Then go back to the F & Eb chord pattern until the
next bridge.



After the last bridge end on the F & Eb chord pattern
again but at the last do a quick F  Eb   F change,
ending on the F chord. 

and...



           ....T E Q U I L A  !!!!!!



Have fun,   Cluin.