The Mexican (ver. 2)(Cavaco chords)

	        
                          THE MEXICAN - BABE RUTH 
                     
 
                                        
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 
 
   Am                                 B7 
  Am                                   B7 
  guitar 1                                                   B7 
 
 (Em) 
   
           B7 
 (B7) 
 
  Em        G     F#m           A    G 
 
'Chico Fernandez, sleepin' on his gun' 
'Dreams of Santa-Anna fighting in the sun' 
 
  Am         C    Bm            D    C 
 
'Drums so loud from both sides, makes it hard to dream' 
 
  Em         G    F#m           A    G 
 
'A bluish fall on an orange fast makes that hard seem reason' (??!) 
 
 
  B7              Am7              Em         D             C 
 'Mornin'    calm mornin'          Ah Chico's gonna have his share' 
 
                                     
  B7              Cmaj7                  
 
 
 'Mornin'     sad mornin'          
                                  
                   Dsus4          G    Gm7      G7 
  Sad it must be AHHHHAAHHAAHHHAAHAAHHHHHAAHAAIIAAAAH! 
 
  B7              Am7              Em           D            Em 
 
 
 'Mornin'     sad mornin'          but I laughed and I cried, and I c-c-cried! 
  
                        (end Chorus) 
 
 
 (B7) 
 
  
  B7              Am7                 Em      D       C      B7 
 
 
 'Mornin'     sad mornin'          Me-   xi   - ca --- an !!!!' 
 
  (Am)                         (Em) 
 
 
 
  B7                      C                         D            . .   
 
 
  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) 
 (Em) 
 (Em)                    A        Em                C                 B5 
 
  Am                        Bm        D         D5  Em        D5  Em 
                                                                (end riff C) 
 
  E5        G5   F#5           A5   G5 
 (Em) 
 
                                                D5  E5        D5  E5
	        

Written by Alan Shacklock