Manu Chao - Por El Suelo Chords

Manu Chao & Radio Bemba Sound Systems

"Por el suelo"


IMPORTANT: This is the version from the album "Radio Bemba Sound Systems" and NOT the 

version.

I couldn't find a tab for this amazing version of the song, so i decided to work it out 
myself.


The sequence of the chords doesn't change throughout the song, but there are variations 
which fret the chords are played, i recommend starting with
Dm on the 5th, C on the 3rd and A# on the 1st. That's also how the intro starts.  Play a 
reggae rythm.

    Dm         C          Bb
e|--5----------3-----------1------|
B|--6----------5-----------3------|
G|--7----------5-----------3------|
D|--7----------5-----------3------|
A|--5----------3-----------1------|
E|--5----------3-----------1------|


    Intro: Dm C Bb

        Dm                 C
por el suelo hay una compadrita

        Bb
que ya nadie se para a mirar

       Dm               C
por el suelo hay una mamacita

       Bb
que se muere de no respetar

      Dm               C
patchamama te veo tan triste

      Bb
patchamama me pongo a llorar...

         Dm     C    Bb
Por el suelo...

     Dm             C
esperando la ultima ola

      Bb
cuidate no te vayas a mojar

     Dm               C
escuchando la ultima rola

    Bb
mamacita te invito a bailar...

         Dm        C      Bb
Por el suelo...


For those of you who enjoy going a little more into detail, these are a few tips to help 
get the proper sound...


The difficulty of playing the song in a way to make it sound "right" lies in
the slight strumming variations (try to underemphasize the high e- string most of the 
and the differences of how long a chord is damped.


this is to give you a an idea of how the song is played, as mentioned hit the strings 
even though you shouldn't hit all the strings, it's still

better to always use barree chords to get the damping right.

d  = downstrum shortly sounding
d' = downstrum slightly longer sounding

   D  D  D  D'  D  D  D  D'    D     D'    D     D
e|----5-----5------3-----3-----1-----1-----1-----1-----|
B|----6-----6------5-----5-----3-----3-----3-----3-----|
G|-x--7--x--7---x--5--x--5--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3-----|
D|-x--7--x--7---x--5--x--5--x--3--x--3--x--3--x--3-----|
A|-----------------------------------------------------|
E|-----------------------------------------------------|

go like this all the way throughout the song, also try to play the C chord on the 8th or 
fret or the A# on the 6th fret or the Dm the basic way from time to time... -> gives 
variations.

don't follow this description too strictly, try to follow it a few times and you'll get 
feeling for the variations yourself.

I hope this helped and you can enjoy this great song as much as i do!!!

Have a good time playing,

Hannes Jandrens. :)