Dance the Night Away

The Mavericks - Dance The Night Away - by Raul Malo The song has a 4/4 tempo, with a "Mexican" (Mariachi) feeling. Speed: 142 beats (35-36 bars) per minute. The chord progression is quite simple: E B7 (repeat ad infinitum) : //// //// : The bass plays a simple 4/4 pattern, the rhythm guitar plays straight 8th (shimmy-shimmy-shimmy-shimmy). A second rhythm guitar hits every 2 and 4, and there is plenty of horn stuff. Verse, Chorus and Bridge all have the same turnaround of 16 bars (i.e. 8 times the above pattern). INTRO: 4 bars rhythm guitar alone, ------ then 8 bars full rhythm section and horns VERSE: ------ E B7 E B7 Here comes my happiness a--gain, E B7 E B7 Right back to where it should have been. E B7 E B7 'Cause now she's gone and I am free, E B7 E B7 And she can't do a thing to me. CHORUS: ------- E B7 E B7 I just wanna dance the night a--way E B7 E B7 With Senho--ritas who can sway. E B7 E B7 Right now to--morrow's looking bright, E B7 E B7 Just like the sunny morning light. BRIDGE: ------- E B7 E B7 And if you should see her, please let her know E B7 E B7 That I'm well - as you can tell. E B7 E B7 And if she should tell you, that she wants me back, E B7 E B7 Tell her "No" - I gotta go. repeat CHORUS 1 instrumental turnaround (8 bars horn section, 8 bars guitar solo) repeat BRIDGE repeat CHORUS 2x OUTRO: instrumental, 6 bars in progression, then: ------ E B7 E Eadd2 : %... ../ %... ../ : %... ../ %... / & where the chords are played short (staccato) and pronounced Table of symbols: . is a 8th note (chord) / is a 4th note (chord) % is a 8th rest & is a 4th rest denotes a new bar (should be a vertical slash - hope it appears in your font) : : is a pair of repetition marks (whatever is between shall be repeated) CD: Trampoline, MCA No. UMD 80456 (c)(p) 1998 MCA Records Nashville Transcribed by Rudolf Sachs With some help by the International Lyrics Server Corrections welcome! Linedancers: X-Out works pretty good !!! Enjoy! Rudolf