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Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) – Los Lobos
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Written by: Cesar Rosas
From: "By the Light of the Moon" (1987)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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RIFF (verse)
G C G C G C G C
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|----2---3-2-----|----2---3-2-----|----2---3-2-----|----2---3-2-0-2-|
E|3-3---3-----3-0-|3-3---3-----3-0-|3-3---3-----3-0-|3-3---3---------|
C F C F G C G C [ G ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------0-|----------------|----------------|
D|----2---3-2-----|----2---3-2-----|----------------|----------------|
A|3-3---3-----5-2-|3-3---3-----5---|----2---3-2-----|----2---3-3-----|
E|----------------|----------------|3-3---3-----3-0-|3-3---3-------3-|
RIFF (verse: key change)
A D A D A D A D
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
D|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
A|0-0-4-0-5-4-0---|0-0-4-0-5-4-0---|0-0-4-0-5-4-0---|0-0-4-0-5-4-2-4-|
E|--------------2-|--------------2-|--------------2-|----------------|
D G D G A D A D [ A ]
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------2-|----------------|----------------|
D|0-0-4-0-5-4-2---|0-0-4-0-5-4-2---|----------------|----------------|
A|--------------4-|----------------|0-0-4-0-5-4-0---|0-0-4-0-5-5---0-|
E|----------------|----------------|--------------2-|----------------|
[Outro]
A D D G A D D G
1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 1 + 2 + 3 + 4 +
e|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
B|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
G|----------------|--------------2-|----------------|--------------2-|
D|----------------|0-0-4-0-5-4-2---|----------------|0-0-4-0-5-4-2---|
A|0-0-4-0-5-4-2-4-|----------------|0-0-4-0-5-4-2-4-|----------------|
E|----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
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CHORDS
E-A-D-G-B-e
C(add9) x-3-2-0-3-0
D/F# 2-x-0-2-3-2
B7/D# x-x-1-2-0-2
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[Intro]
| G C | % | % | % |
| G C | % |
[Verse 1]
G C G C
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
G C G C
Ain't nothing I can take to kill this pain
C F
Set me free
C F | G C | % |
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
[Verse 2]
G C G C
She is a dream, but she's so hard to please
G C G C
She moves around like an Egyptian queen
C F
Set me free
C F | G C | % |
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
[Middle 8]
Am Bm7
I'm so afraid of losing you
Em D C(add9)
But there's only so much that a man can do
G C
For Rosa Lee
C F | G C | % |
Why don't you set me free?
[Verse 3]
G C G C
When I hit the road the time goes slow
G C G C
Think about the places I used to go
C F
With Rosa Lee
C F | G C | % |
Why don't you set me free?
[Verse 4]
G C G C
They're trying to close the Tu Y Yo
G C G C
The Latin Playboy and the Sky Room shows
C F
Rosa Lee
C F | G C | % |
Why don't they let them be?
[Bridge]
Am Bm7
I'm so afraid of losing you
Em D C(add9)
But there's only so much that a man can do
G C
For Rosa Lee
C F | G C | G G D/F# |
Why don't you set me free?
[Middle 8]
Em D
People say that you were made for me
Am Em G D/F#
I nod my head, they think that I agree
Em D B7/D#
But they'll never know the hurt it takes
Em C D [ G ]
To be-ee-ee ... with Rosa Lee
[Solo]
| G C | % | % | % |
| C F | % | G C | G E |
[Verse 5]
A D A D
When love's in vain, love can be so strange
A D A D
But I never thought I'd wear a ball and chain
D G
Set me free
D G | A D | % |
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
[Outro]
D G
Set me free
D G | A D |
Why don't you, Rosa Lee?
D G | A D |
Why don't you set me free
D G | A D |
Why don't you Rosa Lee, yeah
D G A D
Why don't you set me free, why don't you set me free
D G A D
You got to set me free, you got to, you got to
D G | A D |
You got to set me, baby, ah, yeah, ooh
| D G | A D |
| D G | A D |
(repeat until playback finally peters out
under furious saxophone solo and kick drum inferno)Set Me Free Rosa Lee chords and lyrics
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Set Me Free (Rosa Lee) – Los Lobos
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Written by: Cesar Rosas
From: "By the Light of the Moon" (1987)
Tabbed by: maguri
Tuning: Standard
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[Intro]
| G C | % | % | % |
| G C | % |
[Verse 1]
[Verse 2]
[Middle 8]
[Verse 3]
[Verse 4]
[Bridge]
[Middle 8]
[Solo]
| G C | % | % | % |
| C F | % | G C | G E |
[Verse 5]
[Outro]
| D G | A D |
| D G | A D |
(repeat until playback finally peters out
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