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From: Viens David 
Subject: The_mexican.tab (as mentionned in a previous mail to Cal Woods)

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 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
|-------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|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

   Am                                 B7
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|--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|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------|----------------------------------|

  Am                                   B7
|-------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                                                   B7
 (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)
 (Em)
|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 A
           B7
|-------------------------------7--8--7h8p7----7--------------------------|
|----------7~----------7--8-10--------------10---10--8p7-----7h8p7----7---|
|-----8h9---------8h9-------------------------------------9--------9-----9|
|-9-----------9-----------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
                                                              (end Riff A)
repeat riff A X2 (first time without vibrato on the f#) then,

  Riff B
 (B7)
|---------------------------7--8--(8)\|
|----------7-------7--8-10--------10~\|
|-----8h9-----8h9---------------------|
|-9-----------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------|
                           (end riff B)
  Verse 1  

(guitar 2 plays the chords on wha-wha)
  bass
  Em        G     F#m           A    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 ...

  Am         C    Bm            D    C
|--------------------------------------|
|-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 ...

  Em         G    F#m           A    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

  B7              Am7              Em         D             C
|--------------------------------|-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'          ...

                                    
  B7              Cmaj7                 
|--------------------------------|
|-7-----------7~--8--------7--8~-|
|-8------8-9------9--7--9--------|
|-7--9-----------10--------------|
|-9--------------10--------------|
|-7---------------8--------------|

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'         
                                 
                 (half time)                ...
  Dsus4          G    GM7      G7
|----------------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 ....

  B7              Am7              Em           D            Em
|--------------------------------|-------------------------------------------|
|-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 A twice, then

 (B7)
|---------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----------------------------------------------------------------|
 
  B7              Am7                 Em      D       C      B7
|--------------------------------|----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'          ...

  (Am)                         (Em)
 (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-------------------------------------------------------------|
|------------------------------------------------------------------|

  B7                      C                         D            . .  .
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-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 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)
|------------------7--8-- 8--|
|-7-------7--8-10--------10~\|
|----8h9---------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
|----------------------------|
 
 (Em)
|-------------|
|-------------|   4 times (while guitar 2 continues wah-wah-ing)
|-------------|
|-2-----------|
|-2-----------|
|-0-------12\-|
    
And here's the famous Morricone riff :

 Riff C
 (Em)                    A        Em                C                 B5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------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--|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
  Am                        Bm        D         D5  Em        D5  Em
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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 C)

Repeat Riff C 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
  E5        G5   F#5           A5   G5
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------| 
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
|-0--0-0----3----22---2-2-2----5----3--|
|                                      |
| guitar 1                             |     8 times
|           >                  >       |
|--------------------------------------|
|-----------8-----------------10-------|
|-----------7------------------9-------|
|-----------5------------------7-------|
|--------------------------------------|
|--------------------------------------|
                          (guitar 2 out)
 (Em)
|--------------------7------------------------|
|--------7-------7-8-------7------------------|
|-9-9--9---9-7-9-------9-9---9-7-9-7h9p7------|
|----------------------------------------9-9--|
|---------------------------------------------|
|---------------------------------------------|
                                                D5  E5        D5  E5
|--------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------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 A 3 times
Play Riff B
then play the last part of Riff B 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.
        viensd@ceres.JSP.UMontreal.CA   
 or     viensd@mistral.ERE.UMontreal.CA
        
        And please, could somebody give me the REAL lyrics?!!
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