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)
                                                 ~Stanza 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,
                                                 ~Stanza 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.

~Same as stanza 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,

~Same as stanza 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 ~Same as stanza 1~

Bridge ~Same as intro~

~Same as stanza 1~
Do we always be apart,
Locked forever in a dream,
If  I ever love again,
Even then nothing will change,

~Same as stanza 2~
And the taste of you remains,
Clinging to paradise,
But as the distance from you grows,
All that my heart ever knows,

Chorus ~same~

Em   Am9/C B7 repeated to the end