Tina
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Truly Do
Hey Baby, don't you cry
Hey Baby don't you pass me by
Remember the boy used to sing this song
When the summer nights were long?
I love you, truly do
I love you, truly do
Love you for your hair of brown
And the way you walk when you go downtown
I love you, truly do
Hey Lady, it's been a long, long time
Had that song on my mind
Travelled halfway 'round the world
Never found a prettier girl
I love you, truly do
I love you, truly do
Took my heart like a bluebird flyin'
I hear your name when the wind is sighin'
I love you, truly do
Rayito De Luna
(w/ English Translation)
Como rayito de luna
entre la selva dormida
asi la luz de tus ojos
ha iluminado mi pobre vida
Tu diste luz al sendero
de mis noches sin fortuna
iluminando mi cielo
como rayito claro de luna
Rayito de luna blanca
que iluminas mi camino
asi es tu amor en mi vida
la verdad y mi destino
(Repeat verse 2, then verse 1, then 3, then 2 again)
Ray Of Moonlight
Like a ray of moonlight
Through the sleeping jungle
The light of your eyes
Has lit up my sad life
You gave light to my terrible nights
Lighting my sky like a clear ray of moonlight
Ray of white moonlight
You light up my path
It's like your love in my life
The truth and my destiny
San Fernando
It's the last train to San Fernando
The last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando
Last night I met sweet Dorothy
Said, "Tomorrow I am joining in matrimony."
("Do it now, John!")
She said, "If you act right
You can take me out tonight
And we'll wine and dine but be back on time."
It's the last train to San Fernando
It's the last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando
Said, "I'm marrying right into society
Be careful of the place you are taking me
Because if you slip, I'll slide
And I'll never get to be a bride."
And we'll bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando
("What is this?")
It's the last train to San Fernando
("Bitty-bitty-bitty!")
Last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando
("Sing it, Keely!")
Diplomatically, I asked Dorothy to dance
("How else?")
There was nothing on my mind but romance
I said to myself, "Oooh boy
Better beat this iron while it's hot."
And we'll bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando
It's the last train to San Fernando
("Hush-a-baby!")
Last train to San Fernando
And if you miss this one
There'll never be another one
So let's bitty-bitty boom-boom
To San Fernando
It's the last train to San Fernando
The last train to San Fernando
(quiet)
Let's bitty-bitty boom-boom to San Fernando!
(loud)
Chords
One of the typical B&T slap strums is employed here - same as Delia's Gone, Myra, Angelico, Gimme Some, La Bamba, and a host of others. To get the proper B & T effect, whenever an E chord is shown, the E chord should alternate with an E6 chord every other 16th note. Attached is a four bar B&T type slap strum illustrating what I mean. Often when employing the slapstrum, Bud would use one type, while Travis would use another, to complement each other.
Listen to an example of the slap strum (167k).
Bonsoir Dame (Good Night My Lady Love)
In a green wood close to our village
A quiet pool lies still and deep
The evening sounds and forest birds
Have gently lulled my love to sleep
CHORUS:
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Bonsoir Dame, Madame, Fais dodo
(Good Evening Dear, My Dear, go to sleep)
Sing softly birds and don't awake her
She doesn't know how my heart aches
I've never dared to say "I love you"
I'll tell her now, before she wakes
CHORUS
Her pretty mouth is warm and smiling
She lies dreaming peacefully
I'd give my life to know for certain
That she would someday dream of me
CHORUS
BRIDGE:
Fais dodo, petite fille
(Go to sleep, little lady)
Smile for me, dream of me
It seems a pity now to wake her
I'd rather stay here and pretend
If we could only stay forever
Then our dreams would never end
CHORUS
Chords/Tablature
Explained by Michael Busam
The changes to "Bonsoir Dame" are pretty "simple," but simple only in the sense that the chords are, for the most part, in the repertoire or within reach of most beginning guitarists. The verses are D-A-D-A, and the refrain is D-A-D-E7th-A-D. The nice little dreamy interlude runs Bm, Bflat, A, Bflat, A.
They seem to play the "interlude" with what I've always thought of as "short" chords, or simple barre chords. The Bm, for example: "barre" the first three strings on the seventh fret; place your ring finger on the fourth string, ninth fret. Slide up to the B-flat: ring finger goes up one fret to the eighth (this provides some of the "slidy" sounds you hear on the recording, and adds, I think, to the aforementioned "dreamy" feel); middle finger on third string, seventh fret; index finger barres the first two strings, sixth fret. Hold your fingers in the same pattern and slide it all up one fret, and you have an A chord; slide it back down a fret and you're back to B-flat, then back to A. Finally, you're back in the verse, but en medias res, so to speak: play A-D-A, rather than the full D-A-D-A.
To capture the feel of the piece you need to mimic the bass. This can be done while simultaneously playing the D and A chords, thus staying true to the rhythm of the song. While playing the D and A chords, use your pinky to play a note on the third string, fourth fret to replicate the bass line.
If you have a guitar handy, give it a shot--you'll hear the basic bass line. Now, "double" the time, so that you're playing the bass line--dum, dah, dah, dum--but working the rest of the D chord simultaneously. This is really much, much easier than it sounds!
A final note: I waffle between an E7th and Em chord in the refrain. Both strike me as possible, but I keep changing my mind!
Tom and I highly recommend playing "Bonsoir Dame" as an exercise; it really sharpens one's appreciation for the music when you sit down and try to figure what makes these "simple" little gems shine. You can really appreciate the little things that add up to the whole: a very beautiful song.
Also here transcribed by Mike Pumphrey.
Alan and I always performed this in "E" because it sounded better to us with no gitarron to add the bass. B&T performed it in "D." It could be done in drop D tuning to get the bass note but the barre chords wouldn't work out too well. I've only included the first verse, chorus and bridge. All verse chords are the same.
Malaguena Salerosa
(w/ English Translation)
Que bonitos ojos tienes
debajo de esas dos cejas (2x)
Que bonitos ojos tienes
Ellos me quieren mirar
pero si tu no los dejas (2x)
ni siquiera parpadear
Malaguena Salerosa
besar tus labios quisiera (2x)
Malaguena Salerosa
y decirte nina hermosa
que eres linda y hechisera (2x)
como el candor de una rosa (2x)
(Last stanza repeated three times, with varying repitition of lines, then end.)
Malaguena Salerosa
What beautiful eyes you have
Underneath your lovely brow (2x)
What beautiful eyes you have
They want to look at me
But you won't let them, you never let them (2x)
Not even a glance
Malaguena Salerosa
I desire so much to kiss your lips (2x)
Malaguena Salerosa
And to call you a beautiful girl
You are as pretty and as enchanting (2x)
As the innocence of a rose
(Last stanza repeated three times, with varying repitition of lines, then end.)
Chords
