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  13 <h1 class="songtitle">Spanish is the Loving Tongue</h1>
  14
  15
  16 <p>Charles Badger Clark<br />
  17 Recorded by Bob Dylan Apr 1969, and released by Columbia on the fake
  18 Dylan-album <a class="recordlink" href="index.htm">Dylan</a> (1973), in what's a contender to the title
  19 &ldquo;Dylan's most tasteless arrangement&rdquo; (but they seem to be having
  20 fun. . .).<br />
  21 Also recorded in a wonderful piano version, and played live during the
  22 Rolling Thunder Revue (1976)<br />
  23 Tabbed by Eyolf &Oslash;strem</p>
  24
  25 <hr />
  26
  27 <h2 class="songversion"><em>Dylan</em> version</h2>
  28
  29 <pre class="bridge">
  30 [a cappella:]
  31
  32 C         G      F    C
  33 Broke her heart, lost my own
  34    G  Dm     C
  35 Adios mi corazon
  36 </pre>
  37
  38 <pre class="verse">
  39 C          G7 F           C
  40  Spanish is    the loving tongue
  41 C        G7     F        G7
  42  Soft as music, light as spray
  43 C            G7 F             C
  44  'Twas a girl    I learned it from
  45         G7     F G7 C       Csus2
  46  Living down Sonora way
  47 </pre>
  48
  49 <pre class="bridge">
  50       C       G7        F      C
  51  Well I don't look much like a lover
  52 C       G7  F                G7
  53 Still I say  her loved words over
  54 C       G7   F         C
  55  Mostly when  I'm all alone!
  56 C   G7    F   G7 Csus4   C  Csus2 C
  57  Mi amor, Mi corazn
  58 </pre>
  59
  60 <pre class="bridge2">
  61       C                                       G7
  62 La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
  63       G7                                      C
  64 La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
  65       C                                       G7
  66 La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la-la-la.
  67       G7                                      C
  68 La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la, La-la-la.
  69 </pre>
  70
  71 <pre class="verse">
  72 Haven't seen her since that night,
  73 I can't cross the line, you know.
  74 They want me for the gamblin' fight
  75 Like as not it's better so.
  76 </pre>
  77
  78 <pre class="bridge">
  79 Still I've always kind of missed her
  80 Since that last sad night I kissed her;
  81 Broke her heart, lost my own
  82 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.
  83
  84 Broke her heart, lost my own
  85 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.
  86
  87 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.
  88 </pre>
  89
  90 <pre class="tab">
  91 |---1---0h1p0-------------0---||
  92 |---------------1----3--------||
  93 |---2---0-----------------0---||
  94 |---------------2----3--------||
  95 |-----------------------------||
  96 |-----------------------------||
  97 </pre>
  98
  99 <hr />
 100
 101 <h2 class="songversion">Rolling Thunder Revue version</h2>
 102
 103 <p>Municipal Auditorium, San Antonio, Texas, May 11, 1976</p>
 104
 105 <pre class="verse">
 106 G          C
 107  Spanish is the loving tongue
 108 G              D              C
 109  Soft as music, light as spray
 110 G            C
 111  'Twas a girl I learned it from
 112 G            Am7    G        C/g G
 113  Living down Sonora way
 114 </pre>
 115
 116 <pre class="bridge">
 117 G        D   C            G     C/g G
 118  I don't look much like a lover
 119 G        Bm   Am7
 120  Still I hear  those loved words over
 121 G       D    Am7
 122  Mostly when  I'm all alone!
 123 G   Bm   Am7     G
 124  Mi amor, Mi corazn
 125 </pre>
 126
 127 <pre class="verse">
 128 On the nights that I would ride
 129 She would listen for my spurs,
 130 Throw that big door open wide,
 131 G           Bm       Am7     G
 132 Raise those laughing eyes of hers.
 133 </pre>
 134
 135 <pre class="bridge">
 136 Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
 137 All too soon I'd hear her sighin'
 138 G      Bm        Am7
 139 In her sweet and quiet tone
 140 &quot;Mi amor, mi corazon.&quot;
 141 </pre>
 142
 143 <pre class="verse">
 144 But I had to fly one time
 145 All 'cause of a stupid gamblin' fight,
 146 And so we said a swift goodbye
 147 On that dark, unlucky night.
 148 </pre>
 149
 150 <pre class="bridge">
 151 How oftentimes to me she's clingin'
 152 And in my ears the hoofsbeats ringin',
 153 As I galloped north alone
 154 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.&quot;
 155 </pre>
 156
 157 <pre class="verse">
 158 G       Bm  Am7
 159 Haven't seen her since that night,
 160 I can't cross the line, you know.
 161 G       Bm Am7
 162 She was Mex and I was white;
 163 Like as not it's better so.
 164 </pre>
 165
 166 <pre class="bridge">
 167 G          D     Am7      G         C/g G
 168 Still I've always kind of missed her
 169 Since that last wild night I kissed her;
 170 G           Bm    Am7
 171 I broke her heart, lost my own
 172 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.&quot;
 173 </pre>
 174
 175 <hr />
 176
 177 <p>Additional verses, not sung by Dylan on this occasion:</p>
 178 <pre class="verse">
 179 Moonlight on the patio,
 180 Old se&ntilde;ora nodding near,
 181 Me and Juana talking low
 182 So the Madre couldn't hear.
 183 Oh, how the hours would go a-flyin!
 184 And too soon i'd hear her sighin'
 185 In her little sorry tone
 186 &quot;Adios, mi corazon.&quot;
 187 </pre>
 188
 189 <hr />
 190
 191 <h2 class="songversion">Outtake version</h2>
 192
 193 <p>Recorded June 2, 1970 (<a class="recordlink" href="../11_newmorning/index.htm">New Morning</a> sessions)</p>
 194
 195 <p>One of the most beautiful tracks Dylan has ever recorded, and
 196 certainly the best version of this song, ever, with superbly loose
 197 piano playing.<br />
 198 The rhythm is at times a bit... eccentric &ndash; don't expect the rigours
 199 of the barlines to coincide with the phrasing.<br />
 200 It is played in Ab major, so the best option on a guitar is to put a
 201 capo on the first fret and play in G.<br />
 202 The chord that I have called Bm seems at times to be played Bm7+5
 203 (x2403x), at times even as a G/b.</p>
 204
 205 <pre class="chords">
 206 D11 = xx0010
 207 </pre>
 208
 209 <pre class="verse">
 210 G        Bm     C      G
 211  Spanish is the loving tongue
 212 G        Bm     Am      D     D11
 213  Soft as music, light as spray
 214 G        Bm     C          G
 215  'Twas a girl I learned it from
 216 G       Bm     C  D11 G     Gsus4 G
 217  Living down Sonora   way
 218
 219 G        Bm        C      G
 220  I don't look much like a lover
 221 G        Bm       C           D    D11
 222  Still I hear her loved words over
 223 G       Bm       C  /b G
 224  Mostly when I'm all a-lone!
 225 G    D       Am7 G
 226  Mi amor, Mi coraz&oacute;n
 227 </pre>
 228
 229 <pre class="tab">
 230   G   D   C   G     C G   C               C/g G         C   G   C G Am G
 231   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .
 232 |-10--10--8---7---|-3-3---0---------|-----3---3-----------------------------|
 233 |-12--10--8---8---|-5-3---1---------|-----1---0-----------------------------|
 234 |-12--11--9---7---|-5-4---0-0-------|-----0---0-----------------------------|
 235 |-----------------|-------2-----2---|-----2---0---------2---0---------------|
 236 |-----------------|-----------------|---------------------------3--2-0------|
 237 |-----------------|-----------------|-3-------------3-------------------3---|
 238 </pre>
 239
 240 <pre class="verse">
 241 G                  C       G
 242 On the nights that I would ride          *) |------------------
 243 G   Bm    C                  Am  *)         |--------0---------
 244 She would listen for my spurs,              |---------2--0-----
 245 G          Bm       C    G                  |------2---2---2---
 246 Throw that big door open wide,              |-0----------------
 247 C     Em    Am       D11                    |------------------
 248 Raise those laughing eyes of hers.     '
 249 </pre>
 250
 251 <pre class="tab">
 252 |-5---5---2---0----|      |-----------------|
 253 |-3----------------|      |-----------------|
 254 |-----5---4---2----|      |-2---2-----------|
 255 |------------------|  or  |-0-------4---2---|
 256 |------------------|      |-----3---2---0---|
 257 |------------------|      |-----------------|
 258 </pre>
 259 <pre class="verse">
 260 G              Bm    C     G    C
 261  Oh, how those hours would go a-flyin!
 262 G       Bm           C        D     D11
 263 All too soon I would hear her sighin'
 264 G      Bm   C          G
 265 In her sweet and quiet tone
 266 G         Bm   D11      G
 267   &quot;Mi amor, mi corazon.&quot;
 268 </pre>
 269 <pre class="tab">
 270   G                     G   D   C     G   C   Em     Am7
 271   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .      :   .   .   .
 272 |-----------------|-----10--10--8---|-7---3---3--0-|-----3---3---3---|
 273 |-----0---0---0---|-----12--10--8---|-8---5---5--3-|-----1---1---1---|
 274 |-----0---0---0---|-0---12--11--9---|-7---5---4----|-----2---2---2---|
 275 |-----0---0---0---|-----------------|--------------|-----2---2---2---|
 276 |-----------------|-----------------|--------------|-0---------------|
 277 |-3---------------|-----------------|--------------|-----------------|
 278 </pre>
 279 <pre class="tab">
 280   G                     C/g                             G     Am
 281   :   .   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .     :   .   .   .
 282 |-----3---3---3---3---|-----3---3---3---|-3---3---3---|-3-----0----------|
 283 |-----0---0---0---0---|-----1---1---1---|-----1---5---|-3-----1----------|
 284 |-----0---0---0---0---|-----0---0---0---|-----0---5---|-4-----2---0------|
 285 |-----0---0---0---0---|-----2---2---2---|-----2-------|--------------2---|
 286 |---------------------|-----------------|-------------|------------------|
 287 |-3-------------------|-3---------------|-------------|------------------|
 288 </pre>
 289 <pre class="tab">
 290   D               C     Em    Am          D                                   G
 291   :   .   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :
 292 |-----------10----3---|-3-----0---------|-----------------|-------2-------2-|-3---
 293 |---------7-------5---|-5-----1---------|-----------------|-----3-------3---|-0---
 294 |-----7-----------5---|-4-----2---0-----|-----------------|---2-------2-----|-0---
 295 |-0-------------------|-------------2---|-0---0---0---0---|-0-------0-------|-0---
 296 |---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-2---
 297 |---------------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-3---
 298 </pre>
 299 <pre class="verse">
 300 G           Bm C                             G
 301  Haven't seen, haven't seen her since that night,
 302 G         Bm/f#            C                   D   D11
 303   I can't cross, I can't cross the line, you know.
 304 G                 Bm C             G
 305    They want me for    a gambeling fight
 306 G         Bm      C        G
 307  Like as not it's better so.
 308
 309 G           Bm     C           G
 310  Still I've always  kind of missed her
 311 G            Bm     C        Am
 312  Since that last sad night I kissed her
 313 G             Bm    C          G
 314   I broke her heart, left my own
 315 G      Bm D11        G
 316   &quot;Adios,   mi corazon.&quot;
 317 </pre>
 318 <pre class="tab">
 319   G                         Bm  C     G   C   Em  Am7
 320   :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .   .   .     :   .
 321 |-----------------|-----10--10--8---|-7---3---3---0---|---------|
 322 |-----0---0---0---|-----12--12--8---|-8---5---5---1---|-1-------|
 323 |-----0---0---0---|-0---12--11--9---|-7---5---4---2---|-0-----0-|
 324 |-----0---0---0---|-----------------|-----------------|-2-2-----|
 325 |-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-0-------|
 326 |-3---------------|-----------------|-----------------|---------|
 327 ..zon
 328 </pre>
 329 <pre class="tab">
 330   G   Bm  C   G     C    Am7 G
 331   :   .   .   .     :    .   .   .
 332 |-----------------|--------------3----||
 333 |-----3---1---0---|-1----1-------0----||
 334 |-----4---0---0---|-0----0-------0----||
 335 |-----4---2---0---|-2----2-------0----||
 336 |-----------------|-3--2-0------------||
 337 |-3---------------|----------3--------||
 338 </pre>
 339
 340 <hr />
 341
 342 <p>Another alternative for the descent, in a slightly better position, is:</p>
 343 <pre class="tab">
 344   G   G   D   C     G   C   Em    Am7
 345   :   .   .   .     :   .   .     :   .
 346 |-----------------|-------------|-----3----
 347 |-----3---3---1---|-0---1---0---|-----1----
 348 |-----4---0---0---|-0---0---0---|-----2----  etc, with
 349 |-----5---4---2---|-0---2---2---|-----2----  variations
 350 |-----------------|-----3---2---|-0--------
 351 |-3---------------|-------------|----------
 352 </pre>
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