Tijuana Lady Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

E F G F E x4

Verse

A F♯m E x6

D Bm D Bm D E

A F♯m E

Song in more detail:

Firstly, this is just an acoustic approximation of the song. Just the best way that I

have found to play it on a solo acoustic guitar. There are some 2nd guitar bits

in the second verse that are lovely and if you have a loop recorder you might fancy

going off on them whilst the melody continues, but I don't have a loop recorder so

I didn't bother working them out. The end bit, where they go off on one about

enchiladas, is a bit weird and ends with a fadeout which doesn't really work on a solo

acoustic. I made up my own way of playing it. Totally different, but it works much

better in the absence of production.

Please remember: this is never going to sound exactly like the recording but it's the

best way I've found to play it on a solo acoustic.

Play around with it, make it your own interpretation.

Intro

Use your thumb to strum rapidly, but softly, up and down to create a tremulo

effect. Slide your left hand between the chords for the intro. Sounds crazy, but I

Whilst strumming the E you might like to use your left hand thumb to play the low

e-string (it kinda subsititutes for that bass/thump noise you can hear in the original recording).

Verse

Play the "A" as the higher bar chord and, just before you transfer to the F#m,

ATake me F♯mdown E to Awhere you hide,F♯m E

ALay me F♯mdown, E lay me Adown inside,F♯m E

AWhat use F♯mnow? E Roll bAack this Pacific tide.F♯m E

DTijuana Lady where did youBm go? Yeah,

I been Dchasing you around ol' MejiBmco, yeah,

GonnaD find my wEay back to San DiAego.

Baby where'd you F♯mhide? E A F♯m E

ATake me F♯mdown E to Awhere you hide,F♯m E

APlay me aF♯mround, E lay me Aup inside, F♯m E

Don't Amake no F♯msound Ecoz I Aknow you lie,F♯m E

DTijuana Lady let's take it sBmlow, Eyeah well I..

D Know that I'm no head honBmcho, Ebut I...

D E A F♯m E

AI'lF♯ml keepE you warm in my silky poncho

Instrumental bit

I play it like as follows but you can just leave it

out for simplicity)

A C♯ C♯m Bm E

A F♯ F♯m E

D Tijuana Lady where did youBm go? E yeah well I...

D I heard you lost your last soBmmbrero,

D Tijuana Lady which way'd'you Bmflow?E I'm a..

D El MariEachi DesperAado,

Tell me where'd you F♯mhide, E

A Tell me where'd youF♯m hide.E

[Now, either finish with another lovely D Bm chorusy type bit eg:

DTijuana Lady where did youBm go? Yeah,

I been Dchasing you around ol' MejiBmco, yeah,

DTijuana Lady let's take it sBmlow, Eyeah well I..

D I'll keep you Ewarm in my silky pAoncho.

OR....

try out my interpretation of the weird enchilda bit:]

...A Tell me where'd youF♯m hideE? Em

Em Enchilda Desperado Bday,

EmSenorita come back and meet me aBgain,

EmBuena vista senorita hBey,

I Amlove you so Fcome back, be with Dmeeeeeeee aAgain.