Title: La Bamba
Artist: Ritchie Valens
Tabbed by: Luis Fernando
E-mail:[email protected]

This song sounds really cool, and the solo maybe will be a little hard at the first, but then it wiil sounds very good, its a good solo.

Here we go!


- INTRODUCTION - (guitar 1 plays riff A)

- VERSE 1 - (guitar 2 strums the chords)


               C    F  G                  C 
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba,
   F   G               C     F  G              C      F            
se necesita un poca de gracia,     una poca de gracia pa mi y pa
G                C  F  G          C         F     G 
Ti ay ariba y ariba,     ay ariba ariba por ti se re 
          C       F     G
por ti se re, por ti se re


- VERSE 2 - (guitar 2 strums the chords C F and G7)

          C       F  G               C  
yo no soy marinero,    yo no soy marinero
    F   G            C        F   G 
soy capitan, soy capitan, soy capitan


- CHORUS - (guitar 1 plays riff B)
           (guitar 2 strums the chords)

C  F   G
bamba, bamba
C  F   G
bamba, bamba
C  F   G
bamba, bamba

   C F G
bamba




- VERSE 3 - (guitar 2 strums the chords)

               C     F  G                 C
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba,
   F   G               C     F  G             C      F               
se necesita un poca de gracia,    una poca de gracia pa mi y pa
G            C    F  G 
ti y ariba y ariba 


- GUITAR SOLO -

NOTES: (p)  pull off
       (h)  hammer on
        /   slide up
           slide down
       (tr) tremolo picking

guitar 2 continues strumming the riff A repetitively throughout the solo.

  (tremolo on the open g-string)
  (play this for 2 bars)
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-------0--0(h)2--0------0----|
G |-------(tr)-0---------------|-0--2----------------2-----2-|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|


E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |--0--2--0-----0--------0----|-----------------------------|
D |-----------3-----2--3-------|-2--3--0--2-----0------------|
A |----------------------------|-------------3-----2--3--0---|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|


E |----------------------------|-----------------------0--1--|
B |----------------------------|--------------0--1--3--------|
G |----------------------------|--------0--2-----------------|
D |-------------------------0--|--2--3-----------------------|
A |-2-----0--------0--2--3-----|-----------------------------|
E |----3-----1--3--------------|-----------------------------|

					      (tremolo for 1 bar)
E |-----0--1-----0--1----------|----------(tr)-3-------------|
B |--3--------3----------------|-----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|

(as soon as you come out of the
 tremolo from previous bar, slide
 up to the 12 fret then back
 without picking)

E |--------3/123--------------|-5--3(h)5(p)3--1(h)3(p)1(p)0-|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E |-1-----0--------0-----------|-----------------------------|
B |----3-----1--3-----1--3-----|--0(h)1(p)0-----0------------|
G |----------------------------|-------------2-----2---------|
D |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|

E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |--0(h)2(p)0-----0--------0--|-----------------------------|
D |-------------3-----2--3-----|---2--3----------------------|
A |----------------------------|---------2(h)3(p)2(p)0-------|
E |----------------------------|------------------------3----|

   (tremolo for 1 bar)              (tremolo for 1 bar)
E |----------------------------|--0--1--(tr)-3---------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
G |-------------(tr)-0---------|-----------------------------|
D |---0--2--3------------------|-----------------------------|
A |----------------------------|-----------------------------|
E |----------------------------|-----------------------------|


E |----------------------------|------------------------------|
B |----------------------------|-----------1--0---------------|
G |----------------------------|--0--0--2--2--0-------0--2--2-|
D |----------------------------|--2--0--3----------0--0--3--3-|
A |------0--2--7--------------|----------------2--2----------|
E |---3--------8--------------|----------------3-------------|


E |----------------------------||
B |---------------------1--0---||
G |---0--0-----0--0--2--2--0---||
D |---2--0--2--2--0--3---------||
A |---------3------------------||
E |----------------------------||


	         		* END SOLO*



- VERSE 4 - (exactly the same as verse 1)

               C     F  G                 C 
Para bailar la bamba,      Para bailar la bamba, 
   F   G               C     F  G              C      F            
se necesita un poca de gracia,     una poca de gracia pa mi y pa
G             C    F  G            C       F     G 
ti y ariba y ariba,     ay ariba ariba por ti se re 
          C       F     G
por ti se re, por ti se re


- ENDING CHORUS - (guitar 1 plays riff C repetitively)
                  (guitar 2 strums chords)

C  F G
bamba,  bamba
C  F G
bamba, bamba
C  F G
bamba, bamba
C  F G
bamba, bamba

* END OF SONG* (classical piece kicks in here)

			************   RIFFS  *************

- RIFF A - (introduction)


E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |----------------------2--0--|----------------------------|
D |-------------2--0--3--------|-------0---3--3--2---0------|
A |----0--2--3-----------------|----2-----------------------|
E |-3--------------------------|-3--------------------------|


E |----------------------------||
B |----------------------------||
G |-------------------2---0----||
D |-------2--0--3--3-----------||
A |---3------------------------||
E |----------------------------||

- RIFF B - (chorus)


      bam - ba     bamba
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------4-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------5-----------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|


      bam - ba     bamba
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------4-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------5-----------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|


      bam - ba     bamba                             bam -
E |----------------------------|----------------------------|
B |----------------------------|----------------------------|
G |---------2------4-----------|----------------------------|
D |---2-----3------5-----------|------0---3--3--2----0------|
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------|
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------|

      ba
E |----------------------------||
B |----------------------------||
G |----------------2---0-------||
D |------2--0--3---------------||
A |---3------------------------||
E |----------------------------||


- RIFF C - (used in ending chorus, play repetitively)

      bam - ba     bamba
E |----------------------------|----------------------------||
B |----------------------------|----------------------------||
G |---------2------4-----------|----------------------------||
D |---2-----3------5-----------|------0---3--3--2--0--------||
A |---3------------------------|---2------------------------||
E |----------------------------|3---------------------------||

Well, I hope you enjoy it!!!