"La Niña" Tablature


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I wrote this simple, catchy tune for my daughter and began playing it to her even before she had been born.


4/4 time                       
Key: Am (measures a-f, s-t) and F (measures g-r)
Largo, at about 68 beats/min.  
Playing time of about 3:00 min.
                              
                              
Key: Am                       
                              
    Am    C      Em     E7    
e|-0===-|-0===-|-0===-|-0===-|
B|-1===-|-1===-|-0===-|-0===-|
G|-2===-|-0===-|-0===-|-1===-|
D|-2===-|-2===-|-2===-|-0===-|
A|-0===-|-3===-|-2===-|-2===-|
E|------|------|-0===-|-0===-|
  a      b      c      d      
  (strum a-d slowly, with whammy)
                                     
                                         
   A5+2  Am                         C        
     ^        ^         ^           ^  ^   
e|-0'_0"--0"--0'_0"--0"-0"-0"-0"-#"-0'-0'-|
B|-0'_0"--1"--1'_1"--1"-1"-1"-1"-#"-1'-1'-|
G|-2'_0"--2"--2'_2"--2"-2"-2"-2"-#"-0'-0'-|
D|-2'_0"--2"--2'_2"--2"-2"-2"-2"-#"-2'-2'-|
A|-0'_0"--0"--0'_0"--0"-0"-0"-0"-#"-0'-0'-|
E|----------------------------------------|
  e                                        
  (rhythm like, "*I* am GOing to the BEACH! Are you?")
  repeat e two more times
                       
   Em       E7         
   ^        ^        
e|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
B|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
G|-0'-0_0'--1'-1_1'-|
D|-2'-2_2'--0'-0_0'-|
A|-2'-2_2'--2'-2_2'-|
E|-0'-0_0'--0'-0_0'-|
  f                  
  (rhythm like, "NOW or . . . LA-ter?")
  repeat e-f again (again repeating e thrice)
                                          
Key: F                                   
                                          
   F       F6        F  G        Am       
   ^       ^         ^     ^       ^      
e|-1-1'-#'-1-1'-#'-|-1'/3'-3'-#'-0-0'-#'-|
B|-1-1'-#'-3-3'-#'-|-1'/3'-3'-#'-1-1'-#'-|
G|-2-2'-#'-2-2'-#'-|-2'/4'-4'-#'-2-2'-#'-|
D|-3-3'-#'-3-3'-#'-|-3'/5'-5'-#'-2-2'-#'-|
A|-----------------|-------------0-0'-#'-|
E|-----------------|---------------------|
  g                 h                     
                                         
   F          F6        F  A#       A   
   ^          ^         ^     ^     ^v  
e|-1-1"-1"-#'-1-1'-#'-|-1'/6'-6'-#'-5=-|
B|-1-1"-1"-#'-3-3'-#'-|-1'/6'-6'-#'-5=-|
G|-2-2"-2"-#'-2-2'-#'-|-2'/7'-7'-#'-6=-|
D|-3-3"-3"-#'-3-3'-#'-|-3'/8'-8'-#'-7=-|
A|--------------------|----------------|
E|--------------------|----------------|
  i (much like g)      j              
  repeat g-j
                                   
   A        G        F        E  
   ^        ^        ^        ^  
e|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1"-1"-#'-0-|
B|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1"-1"-#'-0-|
G|-6"-6"-#'-4"-4"-#'-2"-2"-#'-1-|
D|-7"-7"-#'-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-2-|
A|------------------------------|
E|------------------------------|
  k                              
                                      
   A        G        F    F6 F  E      E    
   ^        ^        ^          ^      ^   
e|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1=-|-1'-1'-0------0'-|
B|-5"-5"-#'-3"-3"-#'-1=-|-3'-1'-0------0'-|
G|-6"-6"-#'-4"-4"-#'-2=-|-2'-2'-1------1'-|
D|-7"-7"-#'-5"-5"-#'-3=-|-3'-3'-2------2'-|
A|----------------------|---------2'---2'-|
E|----------------------|------------0-0'-|
  l                      m                 
                                           
  repeat e-j (again repeating e thrice and g-j once)
                                                    
                                                    
   D                       A                  
   ^           ^           ^        ^         
e|-10'_10"-10"-10'-10"-10"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
B|-10'_10"-10"-10'-10"-10"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
G|-11'_11"-11"-11'-11"-11"-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-|
D|-12'_12"-12"-12'-12"-12"-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
  n                                           
                                           
   A#                G                  
   ^        ^        ^        ^         
e|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3'_3"-3"-3'-3"-3"-|
B|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3'_3"-3"-3'-3"-3"-|
G|-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-4'_4"-4"-4'-4"-4"-|
D|-8'_8"-8"-8'-8"-8"-5'_5"-5"-5'-5"-5"-|
A|-------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------|
  o                                     
                                       
  repeat n                          
                                 
   A#                G        
   ^        ^          ^      
e|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3-3'-#'-|
B|-6'_6"-6"-6'-6"-6"-3-3'-#'-|
G|-7'_7"-7"-7'-7"-7"-4-4'-#'-|
D|-8'_8"-8"-8'-8"-8"-5-5'-#'-|
A|---------------------------|
E|---------------------------|
  p                           
                              
   D              A           
   ^      ^       ^        ^         
e|-10-10'-10"-10"-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
B|-10-10'-10"-10"-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
G|-11-11'-11"-11"-6"-6"-6"-6'-6"-6'-|
D|-12-12'-12"-12"-7"-7"-7"-7'-7"-7'-|
A|----------------------------------|
E|----------------------------------|
  q                                  
                                              
   C           C6      C   G        G6    G   
   ^           ^           ^        ^         
e|-8"--8"--8"--8'--8"--8'--3"-3"-3"-3'-3"-3'-|
B|-8"--8"--8"--10'-10"-8'--3"-3"-3"-5'-5"-3'-|
G|-9"--9"--9"--9'--9"--9'--4"-4"-4"-4'-4"-4'-|
D|-10"-10"-10"-10'-10"-10'-5"-5"-5"-5'-5"-5'-|
A|-------------------------------------------|
E|-------------------------------------------|
  r                                           
                                      
 repeat n, p, k-m, e-f (again playing e thrice), g-m (again repeating g-j)
                     
                     
Key: Am              
                     
   E7  A          
   ^   ^v  vvv   
e|-0---0==_====-|
B|-0---2==_====-|
G|-1---2==_====-|
D|-0---2==_====-|
A|-2---0==_====-|
E|-0------|-----|
  s            t     
                     
Fin.                 
                     


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