SONG: Tequila - The Champs
The original version was by "The Champs" in 1958.
They recorded it in the saxophone-friendly key of
F Myxolydian.
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F Eb F Eb F Eb F Eb
E/--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--\B|--6--6--4-----6--6--4-4-4-4--|--6--6--4-----6--4--4-4-4-4--| oG|--5--5--3-----5--5--3-3-3-3--|--5--5--3-----5--3--3-3-3-3--|D|--7--7--5-----7--7--5-5-5-5--|--7--7--5-----7--5--5-5-5-5--| oA|X----------------------------|-----------------------------|E\X----------------------------|-----------------------------/
Guitar 2(This guitar is muted all the way through) E/-----------------------------------------------\B|-----------------------------------------------|oG|-----------------------------------------------|D|-----------------------------------------------|oA|-8-8---6-8---10-10-10-10-8-6---6h8-------------|E\-----8-----------------------8-----------------/
Chords for the bridge:
(one strum only at beginning of each bar; syncopate
some on the F chord if you wish.
E#dim7 F E#dim7 F E#dim7 F
E/--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----|--4----|--5----\B|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|--3----|--6----|G|--5----|--5----|--5----|--5----|--5----|--5----|D|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|--3----|--7----|A|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|E\-------|-------|-------|-------|-------|-------/
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Em7 C
E/--4-4-4-4--4--4----3-----\B|--3-3-3-3--3--3----5-----|G|--5-5-5-5--5--5----5-----| ....T E Q U I L A !!!D|--3-3-3-3--3--3----5-----|A|X-----------------(3)----|E\X------------------------/
Note: the recording doesn't have guitar chording for
the last bit of the bridge (the Gm part), just the
bass, drums & sax, but you can play as above and you
can play a full 8th fret C major barre chord at the
end for punctuation.
Then go back to the F & Eb chord pattern until the
next bridge.
After the last bridge end on the F & Eb chord pattern
again but at the last do a quick F Eb F change,
ending on the F chord.
and...
....T E Q U I L A !!!!!!
Sax bit arrange for guitar
Part one (verse)E/-----------------------------------------------\B|-----------------------------------------------|oG|-----10-10-8-12-8-10---------10-10-8-12-8-10---|D|--10-----------------10---10-------------------|oA|-----------------------------------------------|E\-----------------------------------------------/
Part two (Chorus)E/----------------|-----|--------------------------\B|----------------|-----|--------------------------|oG|----8-10S13-10~-|-X3--|--12-12-12-12-12-12-------|D|-10-------------|-----|--------------------10----|oA|----------------|-----|--------------------------|E\----------------|-----|--------------------------/
