The Mexican

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

Here's what happends when Rock and Spaggetti Westerns are blended toghether...

                               (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
| guitar 2 - left channel                                              |
| guitar 3 - left channel also (flamenco-tremolo kind of stuff)        |

   Am                                 B7

  Am                                   B7

                                                          (guitar 3 out)
   Freely...

  guitar 1                                                   B7
 (N.C.)
|guitar 2                                                             |
                                                         (guitar 2 out)

  (Band In) - uptempo (that's a very big exercice!)
  guitar 1 (dirty)
 (Em)

  Riff A
           B7

                                                              (end Riff A)
repeat riff A X2 (first time without vibrato on the f#) then,

  Riff B
 (B7)

                           (end riff B)
  Verse 1

(guitar 2 plays the chords on wha-wha)
  bass
  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" (??!)

Chorus
  B7              Am7              Em         D             C

 "Mornin'    calm mornin'          Ah Chico's gonna have his share"

  B7              Cmaj7

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'
                 (half time)                speed-up
  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)
play Riff A twice, then
 (B7)

  B7              Am7                 Em      D       C      B7

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'          Me-   xi   - ca --- an !!!!"

  (Am)                         (Em)
 (Bass)
|(Guitar)                                                          | 

  B7                      C                         D            . .  .

Verse 2 (guitar 1 plays the same thing)
        (guitar 2 plays the chords on Wah-Wah)

  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)

And here's the famous Morricone riff :

 Riff C
 (Em)                    A        Em                C                 B5

  Am                        Bm        D         D5  Em        D5  Em
                                                                (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

                          (guitar 2 out)
 (Em)

                                                D5  E5        D5  E5

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.
        **
 or     **
        And please, could somebody give me the REAL lyrics?!!
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