Ritchie Valens - La Bamba guitar tab
artist: Richie Valens
song: La Bamba
tabbed by: Guitaristfreak
This is how my teacher taught me to play it. It sound exactly the same. All those
other versions sound right at the begining but then it doesnt sound right and they only have the intro.
Intro:
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|-------------0---2-0----------------------0----2-0------|
|-----------2---3------------0-3-3-2-0---2---3-----------|
|-----0-2-3----------------2-----------3-----------------|
|---3--------------------3-------------------------------|
verse: play this part when he starts singing. listen to
the song to get the right timing.
Para bailar la bamba.......
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|--------------------------------------------------------|
|--------------------------0---2-0-----------------------|
|-------0-3-3-2-0--------2---3---------------------------|
|-----2----------------3---------------------------------|
|---3----------------------------------------------------|
Chorus: same as verse
Solo: You have to listen to the song for timing.
play this part really fast
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|--------------------------------2-4-5---4-2-4-2----2-----------------|
|--555555555555555-------------------------------5-----5---5-2-3------|
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|---------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3---|
|-----------------------------------------------------------------3-5-6-3-5-6-----|
|----------------------------------------------------------2-4-5------------------|
|------2--------------------------------------------2-3-5-------------------------|
|---5-----3-5--2-3------2-------2------------2-3-5--------------------------------|
|--------------------5-----3-5----------3-5---------------------------------------|
these are elevens and there played fast
|-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-\------5-3--5-3-1--3-1-0-----0-------------|
|------------------------------------------------------3-----1-3----0-1-|
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play this really fast
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|----0-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
|--2----0-2----0------0------| 0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0|
|------------3---2-3-----2-3-|----------------------------------------------------|
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|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
|-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5---|
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|-0-0-0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------|
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end of solo its pretty easy if you practice it.
after the solo you just go back to the verse and chorus
any questions or comments ill be happy to read them.
