Hey, I've been playing the guitar for a few weeks now and I'm a big fan of Ritchie
I've found tabs for a lot of songs from Ritchie Valens but not for Malaguena. Eventhough he
finished his version the instumental version was already recorded and released on one of
albums released after his dead. I tried to tab it my own after my uncle thaught me how
play the main riff. So here is the intro of Malaguena with the riff following after it
a nice part to end your playing. (Unless you are specifically looking for this song I
you to listen to the recording of Ritchie Valens to get the right rhythm and get your 
right: http://es.youtube.com/watch?v=dNKz-BYgAX0 )

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                             Malaguena – Ritchie Valens
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Tabbed by: Sonny Struik
Email: Sonny-QF062@kpnplanet.nl

Intro:

e|-----0--------------------|
B|---0-----3-0--------------|
G|--------------2-1-2-4-2---|
D|--------------------------|
A|--------------------------|
E|--------------------------|

You can hear in the intro that it's tremolo picking all the way through except for the
note but I believe the notes played are slightly different then how I tabbed it, so you
better just play it normally. When I do find out how to do it exacly like Ritchie, I
reupload.

Riff:
     E         E
e|---0---------0---------0---------0-----|
B|---0---------0---------0---------0-----|
G|---1---------1---------2---------2-----|
D|---2---------2---------3---------2-----|
A|---2---------2---------3---------3-----|
E|---0---------0---------0---------0-----|
   Strum 3x  Strum 2x  Strum 3x  Strum 2x
            but faster           but faster

All strums are downstrokes.

Outro:
     E          E                            E
e|---0---------0---------0------0-----0-----0---|
B|---0---------0---------0------0-----0-----0---|
G|---1---------1---------2------4-----3-----2---|
D|---2---------2---------3------5-----3-----2---|
A|---2---------2---------3------5-----2-----1---|
E|---0---------0---------0------0-----0-----0---|
   Strum 3x  Strum 2x  Strum 3x
            but faster


Hope you like it, it's my first!
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