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El Cumbanchero

heres what i have so far; i'll update soon don't worry

"t" is for tremolo pick

                  "El Cumbanchero" by The Ventures


   intro: Am
e|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
B|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
G|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
D|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
A|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
E|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|

1st riff:
e|------|-------------------------------------|-----17/----|
B|------|-------------------------------------|------------|
G|------|-------------------------------------|------------|
D|------|-------------------------------------|------------|
A|--12/-|-------------------------------------|------------|
E|------|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--8b--5---|------------|


e|-------------------------------------|---17/-|
B|-------------------------------------|-------|
G|-------------------------------------|-------|
D|-------------------------------------|-------|
A|-------------------------------------|-------|
E|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--8b--5---|-------|

2nd riff:
e|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
B|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
G|------------------------------------------------|---------------|
D|--7-9-10--7-9-----7-----------------------------|---------------|
A|---------------10---8-10--7-8------7------------|---------------|
E|--------------------------------10----8-10--7-8-|-5-7~~~~-------|

3rd riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------7-8--7h8p7p5---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------8-7--5~~~~~~------------------------------|

intro riff:
e|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
B|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
G|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
D|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
A|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
E|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|

1st riff octave up:
e|---17/-|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--8b--5--|---17/-----|
B|-------|------------------------------------|-----------|
G|-------|------------------------------------|-----------|
D|-------|------------------------------------|-----------|
A|-------|------------------------------------|-----------|
E|-------|------------------------------------|-----------|


e|--5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5-5-5--5--8b--5--|---17/-----|
B|------------------------------------|-----------|
G|------------------------------------|-----------|
D|------------------------------------|-----------|
A|------------------------------------|-----------|
E|------------------------------------|-----------|

2nd riff octave up:
e|--5-7-8--5-7----5---------------------------|-------------------|
B|--------------8----6-8--5-6-----5-----------|-------------------|
G|-----------------------------7-----5-7--4-5-|-----4~~~~~--------|
D|--------------------------------------------|--7----------------|
A|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|
E|--------------------------------------------|-------------------|

3rd riff octave up:
e|-------------------------------------|
B|---5p6h5-----------------------------|
G|---------5h7p5--4h5p4----------------|
D|-----------------------7~~~~~~-------|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|

intro riff:
e|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
B|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
G|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
D|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
A|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
E|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|

cool trippy riff:
e|------|-------------------------------------------------------|
B|------|-------------------------------------------------------|
G|------|-------------------------------------------------------|
D|------|--------------5t--8t-7t-5t-----------------------------|
A|--12/-|------------7t-------------8-7--5tttt--4tt-3tttt-------|
E|------|---5ttt--9t--------------------------------------------|

e|---------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------7t--10t-9t-7t------------------------|
A|-----------9t---------------10-9--7tttttttt--------|
E|---7t--11t-----------------------------------------|


3rd riff:
e|---------------------------------------------------------------|
B|---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|---------------------------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------------------------|
A|------7-8--7h8p7p5---------------------------------------------|
E|---------------------8-7--5~~~~~~------------------------------|


intro riff:
e|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
B|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
G|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|
D|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
A|--7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7---7--7-7-------|
E|--5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5---5--5-5-------|


ends on that same Am chord!

and thats it! thats more than enough to get you playing The Ventures version of "El Cumbanchero"!
I love this song and I hope this helps!

-Bertman (the TOAST!)

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