This is the real la bamba intro:

    E-------------------------------------------------------------
    B-------------------------------------------------------------
    G-------------------------------------------------------------
    D---------2-0-4-2-----0-0-------2-0-4-2-----------------------
    A------0-4----------2----4-2-0-4------------------------------
    E-0-2-4----------0-4-------------------0----------------------



    E-------------------------------------------------------------
    B-------------------------------------------------------------
    G-------------------------------------------------------------
    D---------2-0-4-2-----0-0-------2-0-4-2-----------------------
    A------0-4----------2----4-2-0-4------------------------------
    E-0-2-4----------0-4-------------------0---------------------- 

 Los Lobos- La Bamba
*Timing may be a little off but you will get the tune.

E---------------------------------------------------------------|
A---------------------------------------------------------------|
D-----0----1-0*-------------------------------------------------|
G---1----2----------0-2-2-1-0-----------------------------------|
B-2---------------1---------------------------------------------|
E---------------2-----------------------------------------------|

Just repeat the tableture 4 times and on the 4th time stop at the asterisk and continure 
the chords.  The whole song is very easy to learn. 

 #----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------------------#
#This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the #
#song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research. #
#------------------------------------------------------------------------------##
>From: 93910487@vax1.dcu.ie
>Subject: CRD:LA BAMBA (Trad.)

Well, as I've seen quite a lot of people is looking for La Bamba. I'm sure
there are lots of ways of playing it, but in Spain we use C, F and G.
The lyrics can be endless, because this is a traditional song and everytime
people is inventing more words for it, but the most popular can be:

               C    F G
Para bailar la Bamba
               C        F    G                C    F G
Para bailar la Bamba se necesita una poca de gracia
             C        F     G                   C   F G
una poca de gracia y otra cosita ay arriba y arriba
               C       F     G                C   F G
ay arriba y arriba por ti sere yo no soy marinero
               C        F    G          C       F   G
yo no soy marinero soy capitan soy capitan soy capitan
C   F     G
Bamba la Bamba
C   F     G
Bamba la Bamba
C   F     G
Bamba la Bamba
C   F     G
Bamba la Bamba

Para subir al cielo
para subir al cielo se necesita una escalera larga
una escalera larga y otra cosita ay arriba y arriba
ay arriba y arriba contigo ire yo no soy marinero
yo no soy marinero soy capitan soy capitan soy capitan
Bamba la Bamba ...

Some funny words are:

Para ser secretaria
para ser secretaria se necesita una falda muy corta
una falda muy corta pero ademas una pierna muy larga
una pierna muy larga por ti sere yo no soy marinero...

para ser marinero
para ser marinero se necesita una buena chibichanga
una buena chibichanga y otra cosita tu no eres marinero
tu no eres marinero ni tu ni el, yo soy capitan soy capitan...

Well, hope this helps, at least is a funny song to sing along with friends.
Any correction, addition, suggestion, blow job etc to:

Julio Herrero Pino: 93910487@dcu.ie
ERASMUS student of International Mkting.
Dublin City University, EIRE.		




 

 Los Lobos - La Bamba

Intro, guitar only.

Main riff
G |-----------------------|
D |-----------------------|
A |-3-3---------------0-2-|
E |-----0-1-1-3-3-0-1-----| X6

Break
G |-------------|
D |-------------|
A |-3-3---------|
E |-----0-1-1-3-|X1

[Main 3 more times then:]

Variation
G |-------------------------|
D |-------------------------|
A |-3-3-----------------0-2-|
E |-----0-1-1-3-3-0-1-1-----|

|Then main during solo and 6 times more after solo. Then variation until tempchange]


End of song
G |-------|
D |-------|
A |-3-----|
E |---1-3-|


Tabbed by Joakim Nordin. [fjodor@mindless.com]
This is how I play it (basicly, I iprovise alot).
This is the main structure of the song, and if you listen
to the song there's ALOT of variations which makes this a
good tune to practise some improvisation on.
For this very reason, I haven't tabbed it EXACTLY as it's played.
Allso, I might have missed the number of times each part is played,
so listen for it and you should have no problems.