El Diablo ZZ Top
Main Riff
Em (Riff A) Am (Riff B)
E--------------------I---------------I------------------I------------I B--------------------I---------------I------------------I------------I G--------------------I---------------I-2-2--0-2-2-2-0-2-I-0--------2-I D--2-2--0-2-2-2--0-2-I-0-------2---0-I------------------I---2-0------I A--------------------I---2-0---------I------------------I-------3----I E--------------------I-------3-------I------------------I------------I
Intro: play the first 2 bars for 5 times, and then the vocals enter.
Em (Riff A)
1.Verse: Did you ever hear the story that happened not long ago
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'bout the man with a tan El Diablo de Mexico, and this
Am (Riff B )
man played his hand and she lived by the luck of the draw
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now and then and again found him steppin' outside of the law
hey hey[B7]
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2.Verse: and his fortune he had made let him live high on the hog
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till the day of the raid when they hunted him like a dog he was
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out on the run knowing he could get by, 'cause the
Em (Riff A)
men killed in sin were not there to testify
hey hey[B7]
Guitar Solo: Em7 I Em7 I F#m7 I F#m7 I (repeat 5 times)
Em (Riff A)
3.Verse: he was caught he was bound in La Casa de Calaboose
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he was tried he was found and readed for the noose but the
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break he would make it didn't turn out so well, and the
Em (Riff A)
hombre called Diablo bid his last farewell
Guitar Solo: Em7 I Em7 I F#m7 I F#m7 I (repeat and fade out)
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