Cancion del Mariachi Chords

Cancion del mariachi with chords

The parts 1 and 2 are played in the same way.

We will therefore only look at the introduction, the verse 1 and the chorus.

Introduction of the song

Here are the three chords you will need to know for the instrumental introduction :

When you master those positions, you can follow the next grid to play the introductory melody :

The grid is read from left to right, from top to bottom. Each square represents a measure of 4 beats (one, two, three, four, if you count the rhythm).

If a square is divided in two OR if two, three or four chords appear, you will know that you have to play them in a four beat measure. If you don’t succeed, watch my videos or listen to the music, as it is sung/played at this time and do the same.

Part 1 of Desperado

Part 1 consists of two verses.

Each vers is played in the same way.

So we will therefore only look how to play the first verse.

Here are the two new chords that you should know from these first two verses :

You will see that these are the same chords as for the introduction but the position on the neck of the guitar changes.

When you have these news ready, you can continue and play this tab :

Remember that the chords are written above the lyrics so that you can play them at the right time. Therefore, it’s better to play while singing. Chords that are to the right of a phrase (not above a word) are played between the two phrases.

Chorus of the music

The chorus consists of a single verse. There are no new chords.

You only have to keep for the Am and E7 the positions of Part 1.

You can follow the following plan to play the chorus :

Cancion del mariachi video with tab

You can play other latin music song like the song of Kevin Kaarl Colapso.

Cancion del mariachi lyrics

Before playing, I suggest you to tune your guitar with our guitar tuner. And you just start to play guitar, you can learn all the guitar notes on the fretboard.

Cancion del mariachi history

The famous Cancion del mariachi is a song composed in 1995 by the group Los Lobos. As everyone knows, this song was written for the movie Desperado with Antonio Banderas and Salma Hayek.

The movie Desperado almost opens with a scene in which Banderas, who, as the title indicates, is a mariachi, sings with his band while he is in charge of saving the situation of a woman in danger… without stopping singing.

In the light of this scene, the lyrics of our Canción del mariachi, “a very honest man” (“hombre muy honrado”) who lacks neither money nor love, can be better understood.

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