The Mexican

(início)

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 2 - left channel                                              |
|                                                                      |

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

                                                          (guitar 3 out)
   Freely...
  guitar 1                                                   B7
 (N.C.)

|guitar 2                                                             |
|                                                                     |

                                                         (guitar 2 out)
  (Band In) - uptempo (that's a very big exercice!)

  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

| guitar 1                             |     4 times with lyrics
|           >                  >       |

"Chico Fernandez, sleepin' on his gun"
"Dreams of Santa-Anna fighting in the sun"

|                                      |     2 times with lyrics
|           >                  >       |

"Drums so loud from both sides, makes it hard to dream"

| guitar 1                             |     2 times with lyrics
|           >                  >       |

"A bluish fall on an orange fast makes that hard seem reason" (??!)
Chorus

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

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'

  Sad it must be AHHHHAAHHAAHHHAAHAAHHHHHAAHAAIIAAAAH!

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'          but I laughed and I cried, and I c-c-cried!
                        (end chorus)
play Riff A twice, then

 "Mornin'     sad mornin'          Me-   xi   - ca --- an !!!!"
  (Am)                         (Em)
 (Bass)

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.

And here's the famous Morricone riff :
 Riff C
 (Em)                    A        Em                C                 B5

                                                                (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 1                             |     8 times
|           >                  >       |

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.
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     Pis parle donc en francais maudit traitre!
       Sans cedilles ni accents je me sens comme Mulronney!