Author/Artist: Los Lobos/Mambo All-Stars
Title: Beautiful Maria of my soul
Transcribed by: James Housego
All the TABs on the net for this song are
absolutely shocking. This is not perfect, but
much closer to the truth.
Capo on 3rd fret
[Intro] Em7 Am Am/C B7 Am B7(short)
[Verse 1] Am D
In the sunlight of your smile,
Em C
In the summer of our lives,
Am
In the magic of love,
Am B C B7 B7(short)
Storms a-bove scattered away,
[Verse 2] Am D
Lovers dreaming in the night,
G C
Reaching for paradise,
Am Em
But as the dark shadows fade,
C B7(short)
Love sleeps away.
[Verse 3] same as verse 1
On an empty stretch of beach,
In the pattern of the waves,
Drawing pictures with my hand,
In the sand I see your face,
[Verse 4] same as verse 2
Skipping pebbles on the sea,
Wishing for paradise,
Sand castles crumble bellow,
The restless tide ebb and flow,
[Chorus](Los Lobos version)
Em Am9 B7#9
Listening to a shell,
Em Am9 B7#9
Hoping for your voice,
Em Am/C Am B7 Em
Beautiful Mari - a of my soul
Em Am B7 Em
of my soul
[Chorus] (Mambo All-Stars version)
Em B7b13
Listening to a shell,
Em B7b13
Hoping for your voice,
Em Am/C Am B7 Em
Beautiful Mari - a of my soul
Em Am B7b13 Em
of my soul
[Flute/Trumpet Solo] Am D Em C Am Am Em B C B7
[Bridge] Em7 Am Am/C B7 Am B7(short)
[Verse 5] same as verse 1
Do we always be apart,
Locked forever in a dream,
If I ever love again,
Even then nothing will change,
[Verse 6] same as verse 1
And the taste of you remains,
Clinging to paradise,
But as the distance from you grows,
All that my heart ever knows,
[Chorus](Los Lobos version)
Em Am9 B7#9
Listening to a shell,
Em Am9 B7#9
Hoping for your voice,
Em Am/C Am B7 Em
Beautiful Mari - a of my soul
Em Am B7 Em
of my soul
[Chorus] (Mambo All-Stars version)
Em B7b13
Listening to a shell,
Em B7b13
Hoping for your voice,
Em Am/C Am B7 Em
Beautiful Mari - a of my soul
Em Am B7b13 Em
of my soul
[Outro] Em Am9/C B7 repeated to the end
