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La Bamba

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>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:
Para bailar la CBambaF  G  
Para bailar la CBamba se FnecesGita una poca de gCraciaF  G  
una poca de gCracia y oFtra coGsita ay arriba y arrCibaF  G  
ay arriba y arrCiba por Fti serGe yo no soy marinCeroF  G  
yo no soy marinCero soy cFapitaGn soy capitCan soy cFapitGan
CBambFa la BGamba
CBambFa la BGamba
CBambFa la BGamba
CBambFa la BGamba
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:
ERASMUS student of International Mkting.
Dublin City University, EIRE.
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