artist: Richie Valens
song: La Bamba
tabbed by: Guitaristfreak

  This is how my teacher taught me to play it. It sound exactly the same. All those 
  other versions sound right at the begining but then it doesnt sound right and they only have the intro.
 Intro:
 |--------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------0---2-0----------------------0----2-0------|
 |-----------2---3------------0-3-3-2-0---2---3-----------|
 |-----0-2-3----------------2-----------3-----------------|
 |---3--------------------3-------------------------------|

   verse: play this part when he starts singing. listen to 
          the song to get the right timing.
        
   Para bailar la bamba.......
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 |--------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------0---2-0-----------------------|
 |-------0-3-3-2-0--------2---3---------------------------|
 |-----2----------------3---------------------------------|
 |---3----------------------------------------------------|
 
   Chorus: same as verse
 
   Solo: You have to listen to the song for timing.
     play this part really fast
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 |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |--------------------------------2-4-5---4-2-4-2----2-----------------|
 |--555555555555555-------------------------------5-----5---5-2-3------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |---------------------------------------------------------------------|

 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------------3---|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------3-5-6-3-5-6-----|
 |----------------------------------------------------------2-4-5------------------|
 |------2--------------------------------------------2-3-5-------------------------|
 |---5-----3-5--2-3------2-------2------------2-3-5--------------------------------|
 |--------------------5-----3-5----------3-5---------------------------------------|

   these are elevens and there played fast
 |-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-11-------5-3--5-3-1--3-1-0-----0-------------|
 |------------------------------------------------------3-----1-3----0-1-|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-----------------------------------------------------------------------|

                                play this really fast
 |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
 |----0-----------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
 |--2----0-2----0------0------| 0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0|
 |------------3---2-3-----2-3-|----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|
 |----------------------------|----------------------------------------------------|

 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-5-5-5-5-5--0-0-0-0-0--9-9-9-9-9--0-0-0-0-0--7-7-7-7-7--0-0-0-0-0--5-5-5-5-5---|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
 |-------------------------------------------------------------------------------|

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 |-------------------------------------------------|
 |-0-0-0-0-0-0--12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12-12---------|
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   end of solo its pretty easy if you practice it.
   
  after the solo you just go back to the verse and chorus 
    
  any questions or comments ill be happy to read them.