The Ventures - Tequila guitar tab
"Tequila"
by the Ventures
from the Album "Play Guitar With the Ventures"
transcribed by kevin gardner
transtrem@hotmail.com
Tequila was orginally recored a group named The Champs in 1958.
The Champs version had a saxaphone as the lead instrument and
began with the chords F and Eb. The Ventures recorded a version
of Tequila on their Telstar Lp which began with the chords A and
G. The Ventures version, on 'Telstar' had no sax. The version
on 'Play Guitar' is a striped down version of the 'Telstar' recoding.
The song was written by a man named Chuch Rio, and
not Check Berry, who is given song writting credit on the
See for Miles Records LTD. release of 'Play Guitar.'
opening chords
A G A G A G A G
-5-5-3--5-5-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-3--5-3-3-3-3-3-
-5-5-3--5-5-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-3--5-3-3-3-3-3-
-6-6-4--6-6-4-4-4-4-|-6-6-4--6-4-4-4-4-4-
-7-7-5--7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-5--7-5-5-5-5-5-
-7-7-5--7-7-5-5-5-5-|-7-7-5--7-5-5-5-5-5-
-5-5-3--5-5-3-3-3-3-|-5-5-3--5-3-3-3-3-3-
lead with opening chords in background
---5-5---7---5---|---5-5---7-5-----
-5-----8---8---5-|-5-----8-----8-5-
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---5-5---7---5---|---5-5---7-5-----
-5-----8---8---5-|-5-----8-----8-5-
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D A D A D A
--------8------------8------------8----
---7-10---10----7-10---10----7-10---10-
-9------------9------------9-----------
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lead with opening chords in background
---5-5---7---5---|---5-5---7-5-----
-5-----8---8---5-|-5-----8-----8-5-
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---5-5---7---5---|---5-5---5-
-5-----8---8---5-|-5-----8---
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