Chords for How to play "El Zorro" by La Rumba - Tutorial

_ _ _ _ _ Hey everyone, today I'm finally going to do a tutorial on a song El Zorro which I wrote
with Michael Raja for the band La Rumba maybe 8 years ago now and I've had many requests
to do this.
_ So here we go.
We'll get straight into it.
_ [B] The song is based [C] around these 4 [Am] chords.
_ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _
[G] _ _ [F] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
And an out of tune E.
_ _ _ _ [G]
So what I'm playing, it's normally the same [E] sort of pattern going around and around for the [A] beginning.
_ 7th fret.
_ [B] _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Em] _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
So [B] I'm playing 7, [C] 9 and 10.
_ [Em] 5, 7, 9.
3, 5, 7.
[E] And then ending on the 2nd fret on the E.
[N] The things that do change _ are the phrasing of it.
So I'm not going to go into a lot of detail.
I actually have written out the tablature which is available for a little price.
Gotta pay my rent.
_ _ _ [C] So basically the phrasing, [G] I do it a few different ways because I never really play the same
thing [D] the same way.
I find it gets a bit boring [A] for me.
But I [B] sometimes would play the open A string at the [A] same time _ [F#] _ _ _ _
[G] _ _ [G#] and I also might slide instead
of [A] hammering on and pulling off.
_ [E] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [F#] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ [N] So you'll have to listen.
There's the CD version and there's the live versions which are all kind of mixed up and whatever.
So here we go.
If I play 2 [A] times through.
_ _ _ [Am] _ [B] _ _ _ [G] _
_ [A] _ _ [F#] _ _ [G] _ [F] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ So [F] sometimes I change from this pattern [B] _
to [A] _ the same [G] as the first one. _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] Little hammer on [E] pull off thing.
_ _ _ [F#m] _
So oh sorry here we [G] go.
[A] That's covering over those 4 [Am] chords.
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ Then [G#m] it leads into [C#] the next part _ over the [E] same chords. _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ [Gm] So I'm going up the A [A] minor. _
_ [Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
[A] So I'm doing this stretch up here [C] and _ [A] _
_ then moving [C#] position.
_ [E] _ _ _
_ _ _ So that's [D#] the 2nd section.
The rest of it's all improvised.
Oh I'm a bit sweaty, a bit hot today.
[E] _ [G#] So here we go.
If [A#] I'm coming into it I'll go [A] from here. _ _
_ [B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[F#] _ _ _ [A] _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [A] _ _ _ [Am] _
_ _ _ [Em] _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ [E] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _
_ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [C] So the 2nd time around it's a little bit [G#] different.
Where am I going [E] from?
_ [G] _ And then [E] to the F. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [Fm] _ So once again this is something I play [B] differently every time.
So it's pretty much the [A] same thing.
But [A#] I may have [A] slid up like in the beginning.
[B] _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _
The one thing I do [A#] is hammering on.
It's a flamenco kind of [D] thing.
But I found, I don't think I [G] ever did it before I played flamenco.
_ [B] _
_ [D] Playing the open D, hammering [C] on this string [A] and then pulling away.
Or you [D] could play it.
_ _ _ [A] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Em] _ [G] _ _
[F#] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ [F] _
[E] _ So it's all [G#] around the same scale idea.
[G] Aeolian.
_ _ [G#] _ Occasionally this is [N] on the E major.
So that's a quick run through.
I'm hoping it's helped.
If you do want the tab, like I said I did make it available _ to purchase.
And you can also buy this song along with a few of the other instrumentals that we [G] did
in La Rumba from our first 2 CDs.
So I hope that's helped _ a little bit.
Or a lot.
_ And I'm glad you're still enjoying the tune.
Thanks for the messages.
It's probably the most popular song I've ever written.
_ And yeah, enjoy!
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[E] _ _ _ [Am] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ _ [C] _ _ [E] _ _ _
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