[Intro - BPM 120 - Capo on 2 for original key - Nick - just play on choruses and do fills and riffs other times] Em7 to Em6 - 4 bars (022030 022020) - 2 times phrase Rhythm - strum up and down - 2 on beat, then 2 off beat x x Em7 x - Em6 x x x - x Em7 x Em6 - x x x x B x S --x---B---x S Then repeat - Em7 to Em6 - 4 bars with drums (slap snare)
[Verse 1 - 17 bars - start counting on B7 as first bar - Slap snare] (Este comes in on 3 of final 4th bar) [Em] Este amor llega (Start of next group of 4 bars - each line is one bar) [B7] asi esta ma [Em] nera .... [Em] .....No tiene la [B7] culpa ..................... [B7] Caballo le ven sabana [B7] Porque muy depreciado, Por e so [B7] oooo no te per [Em] don de llorar ........ (Este bit next)
[Verse 2 - Slap snare] [Em] Este amor llega (Start of next group of 4 bars) [B7] asi esta ma [Em] nera [Em] .....No tiene la [B7] culpa ..................... [B7] Amor de compra y venta [B7] Amor del mes pasado [B7] Bembele, bembele, bembele [B7] Bem, bembele, bembele 1 bar body of guitar fill - 4 sextuplets fill or count to 5 straight roll - finish on 5 [Stop]
[Chorus - Full drums] Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si
[Verse 3] No tiene pardon de [Am7] dios Tu eres mi [D7] vida, la fortuna del des [Gmaj7] tin Pero el des [C] tino te ha desamp [Am] arado Lo mismo yo que a [B7] yer Lo mismo soy [Em] yo No te encuentro a l [Am7] abandon Es impo [D7] sible no te encuentro de ve [Gmaj7] rdad Por eso un [C] dia no cuentro si de [Am] nada Lo mismo you que [B7] ayer Yo pienso en [Em] ti (Count 1 2 3 4 1 2 4 1) [Stop]
[Chorus] Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si
[Solo - ] (Am Em) x 7 Final figure Em Em - end on 8th XxxXxxX Do random pulloff for fun with LH whilst playing rhythm with right B - 5p3p0 Play snare on strings with heel so mutes the lower notes as well
[Chorus] Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a (straight to percussion break - keep bass drum going)
[Percussion Break - Em7 to Em6 phrase x 4 with fast tapping on body] (or just play bass drum constantly and solo over the top)
[Chorus] Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier vivir a [Em] si Bambo [Em] leo, bambo [Am] lea Porque mi [B7] vida, yo la prefier (Count 1 2 3 4) [Stop]
[Outro] Vivir a [Em] si Em Am Em Am Em (final phrase XxxX xXxX X)
[Additional notes] 1 bar in - Bridge - Am7 is on 3 of 2nd bar - loads of this almost like groups of 2/4 and 4/4 which overall add up to 4/4 - this conceptually may be the best approach - for now just follow Guido
[Intro BPM 117 - Drum intro xSSxSSxS] Approx chords C D G G (Chug - down strokes - nice and slow - snare on final phrase) E 0--- 32-3 ---- -333 ---- 32-3 ---- -333 B 1--- 33-3 ---- -333 ---- 33-3 ---- -333 G 0--- 22-0 ---- -000 ---- 22-0 ---- -000 D 2--- 00-0 ---- -002 ---- 00-0 ---- -002 A 3--- ---x ---- -x23 ---- ---x ---- -x23 E x--- ---3 ---- -3x- ---- ---3 ---- -3x- DrB-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S- B-S-
E ---- 32-3 3--- B ---- 33-3 0--- G ---- 22-0 02-0 D ---- ---0 0-4- A ---- ---x x--- E ---- ---3 3--- DrB-S- B-S- SSSS
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And they're [Am7] closing all the [D7sus4 - xx0213] factories [G] down [Gsus2 - 3x0233][G] Out in [Em7] Bethlehem they're [A] killing [Bm] time [F#m/A] Filling out [G6] forms, [D/F#] standing in [Asus4] line [A]
[Verse] Well our [Em7] fathers fought the [Asus4] Second World [D] War [Dsus2][D] Spent their [Am7] weekends on the [D7sus4] Jersey shore [G][Gsus2][G] Met our [Em7] mothers in the [A] US [Bm] O [F#m/A] Asked them to [G6] dance, [D/F#] danced with them sl- [Asus] ow [A] And we're [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge - Snare on &4&] But the [F/A] restlessness was [G/B] handed [C] down [G/C - x30003][C] And it's [Am] getting very [D7sus4] hard [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] Well we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] For the [Am7] Pennsylvania [D7sus4] we never [G] found [Gsus2][G] For the [Em7] promises our [A] teachers [Bm] gave [F#m/A] If we worked [G6] hard, [D/F#] if we be [Asus4] haved [A]
[Verse] So the [Em7] graduations [Asus4] hang on the [D] wall [Dsus2][D] But they [Am7] never really [D7sus4] helped us at all [G][Gsus2][G] No they [Em7] never taught us [A] what was [Bm] real [F#m/A] Iron and [G6] coke, [D/F#] chromium ste- [Asus4] el [A] And we're [Em7] waiting here in [Asus4] Allentown [D-Dsus4-Dsus2-D] (break)
[Bridge] But they've [F/A] taken all the [G/B] coal from the [C] ground [G/C][C] And the [Am] union people [D7sus4] crawled [D7] a-way [Em][G/B][C][D]
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] [F] Every child [G/F] had a pretty [F] good shot [F] To get at least [G/F] as far as their [Bb/F] old man got [F] But something [G/F] happened on the way [F] to that place [F] They threw an [G] American flag in [C] our [C] face (intro intro riff)
[Intro] (see above) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Verse] (variation) Well I'm [Em7] living here in [Asus4] Allen- [D] town [Dsus2][D] And it's [F/A] hard to keep a [G/B] good man [C] down [G/C][C] But I [Am] won't be getting [D7sus4] up [D7] to (backward beat) [Em] stay [G/B] a a ay [C] a a ay [D] a a ay (ays run into intro)
[Intro] (see above, first half) Approx chords C D G G x 2
[Middle 8 - Just bass drum with some snare at end] (instrumental) F G/F F F - F G/F Bb/F Bb/F F G/F F F - F G 2/4 C
[Coda] (intro and bridge variation) Approx chords C D G G x 2
And it's [C(add9)] Getting very [D] hard to (backward beat til end) [Em] stay [G/B] ay... [C] .ay [D] ..ay... and we're [Am] living here in [D7sus4] Allentown [G][Gsus4][Gsus2][G]
