Easy tutorial for beginners with some explanations, the tab, the lyrics and the chords to play the latin music Hijo de la Luna chords by José María Cano from the band Mecano on guitar.
PDF score of Hijo de la Luna on guitar
Hijo de la Luna with chords
Introduction | Hijo de la Luna with chords
Here are the first three chords you will need to learn and know to play the introduction of Hijo de la Luna chords. These positions will also be useful for the rest of the song :
When you have mastered these chords, you can start to play this music with your guitar following this grid :
Verse 1 | Hijo de la Luna by José María Cano on guitar
In order to start singing Hijo de la Luna, let’s see how to play the first verse of this Latin music with the chords you already know and adding the four chords below :
When these new positions and the previous ones are mastered with your guitar, you only have to read the following 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.
Bridge 1 | Hijo de la Luna by Mecano
Between the verses and the chorus of Hijo de la Luna chords written by José María Cano, you will always find Bridge 1 – as you can see by looking at the lyrics or at the score at the end of the article.
To play this Bridge 1 on the guitar, you will have to remember the previous chords and add this chord from B7 :
Chorus | Hijo de la Luna by Mecano with guitar chords
After the Bridge 1, you can play the chorus of Hijo de la Luna from the band Mecano. To do this, you will have to add a last chord to the positions you already know :
When you know and have sufficiently mastered all the previous chords on the guitar, you can read our last tab :
Bridge 2 | Hijo de la Luna with Score
To finish our explanations of the Mecano tab, we need to see the second bridge. Indeed, after each chorus and before starting again with the next verse, you will have to play Bridge 2.
No need to know new chords, you just have to follow with your guitar the following grid – similar to the one of the introduction :
You can improvise on this music with our flamenco guitar scale.
Hijo de la Luna lyrics
The song Hijo de la Luna chords written by José María Cano and played by the band Mecano consists of five verses, a chorus and two bridges.
The lyrics are :
Introduction
Verse 1
Tonto el que no entienda
Cuenta una leyenda
Que una hembra gitana
Conjuró a la luna
Hasta el amanecer
Llorando pedía
Al llegar el día
Desposar un calé
Verse 2
« Tendrás a tu hombre, piel morena »
Desde el cielo habló la luna llena
« Pero a cambio quiero
El hijo primero
Que le engendres a él
Que quien su hijo inmola
Para no estar sola
Poco le iba a querer »
Bridge 1
Chorus
Luna quieres ser madre
Y no encuentras querer
Que te haga mujer
Dime, luna de plata
¿Qué pretendes hacer
Con un niño de piel?
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Ah-ah-ah-ah
Hijo de la luna
Bridge 2
Verse 3
De padre canela nació un niño
Blanco como el lomo de un armiño
Con los ojos grises
En vez de aceituna
Niño albino de luna
« Maldita su estampa,
Este hijo es de un payo
Y yo no me lo cayo »
Bridge 1
Chorus
Bridge 2
Verse 4
Gitano al creerse deshonrado
Se fue a su mujer, cuchillo en mano
« ¿De quién es el hijo?
Me has engañao’ fijo »
Y de muerte la hirió
Luego se hizo al monte
Con el niño en brazos
Y allí le abandonó
Bridge 1
Chorus
Bridge 2
Verse 5
Y las noches que haya luna llena
Será porque el niño esté de buenas
Y si el niño llora
Menguará la luna
Para hacerle una cuna
Y si el niño llora
Menguará la luna
Para hacerle una cuna
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