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Version 1
            Gaucho
transcription and chart
Peter Kruger
A great tune to practice a lot of very quick chord changes.
add9 to Bb/F chords in intro:
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|Bb           |F    Bb/C    |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F  |  
Bb/C       C/F  F     Bb/F  F
           Just when  I     say
Bbmaj7      Am7
Boy we cant miss
Gm7     C  
You are golden
Bb       F/A   F        F   Bb/D  
Then you do    this
C   F/A  Bb    Bbmaj7     Am7
You say  this  guy is so  cool
Bb           C       Gm7    Dm7   Gm7  F/Bb
Snapping his fingers like a fool
Fadd9            C/F          Am7
     One more ex pensive kiss-off
Bb         Bb/C    Bb   F
Who do you think I am
       Dm7  Am7      Gm7
Lord I know you're a special friend
        Dm11     C    Bb       F 
But you don't    seem to understand
       Gm7   Dm7
We got heavy rollers
     C     F/C        Bb
I    think you should know
Bbmaj7  Am7      G7      Bb/C  F   Bb/F   F   Bb
Try     again to morrow
F     Bb/F Bbmaj7      C/Bb        Am7
Can't you  see they're laughing at me
    Bb
Get rid off him
        F             Bbmaj7 Am7
I don't care what you do at  home
Bb    C           F       Bbmaj7    Eb6/9  
        Would you care to explain
Fadd9           C/F   
     Who is the gaucho amigo
Fadd9           C/F       
      Why is he standing
        Ab/Bb   
In your spangled leather poncho
                  Dm7
And your elevator shoes
Fadd9           C/F
      Bodacious cowboys
Dm7
   Such as your friend
              Am7     Bb      F
Will never be welcome here
C    Bb  F   Bb     Dm
High in  the Custer dome
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
 ^   ^  ^  ^
|Eb     Ebmaj7|           |Gm7             |                 |
|C/F          |           |Am7             |                 |
|G            |           |C   Bb   F   Bb   Dm |
|C            |           |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F   |F   Bb/F    |
|F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F     |F   Bb/F    |F   Bb/F    |
|Bb           |F    Bb/C    |F   Bb/F    |F   Bb/F  |  
Bb/C  C/F   F     Bb/F  F
      What  I     tell  you
Bbmaj7        Am7
Back down the line
Gm7          C
I'll scratch your back
Bb      F/A     F        F  Bb/D
You can scratch mine
C   F/A      Bb    Bbmaj7  Am7
No  he can't sleep on the  floor
Bb           C         Gm7     Dm7   Gm7  F/Bb
What do you  think I'm yelling for
Fadd9              C/F          Am7
     I'll drop him near the freeway
Bb         Bb/C    Bb   F
Doesn't he have a  home
       Dm7  Am7      Gm7
Lord I know you're a special friend
        Dm11     C       Bb    F 
But you re       fuse to under stand
         Gm7   Dm7
You're a nasty schoolboy
     C  F/C      Bb
With no place to go
Bbmaj7  Am7     G7      Bb/C  F   Bb/F   F   Bb
Try   a gain to morrow
F     Bb/F Bbmaj7   C/Bb        Am7
Don't tell me he'll wait in the car
Bb
Look at you
        F              Bbmaj7   Am7
Holding hands with the man from rio
Bb    C           F       Bbmaj7    Eb6/9  
        Would you care to explain
Fadd9            C/F   
     Who is the gaucho amigo
Fadd9           C/F       
      Why is he standing
        Ab/Bb   
In your spangled leather poncho
                               Dm7
With the studs that match your eyes
Fadd9           C/F
      Bodacious cowboys
Dm7
   Such as your friend
              Am7     Bb      F
Will never be welcome here
C    Bb  F   Bb     Dm
High in  the Custer dome
Bb/C C/F    F Bb/F     Bbmaj7   Am7
Gm7   C    Bb    F/A   F  
F  Bb/D  C   F/A  Bb  Bbmaj7  Am7
Bb   C   Gm7   Dm7       Gm7  F/Bb
Fadd9  C/F   Am7
Bb  C   F         Bbmaj7  Dm7   Eb6/9 addA  . . . . .
 
 
tabbed by Peter Kruger 
        
                