Biography:
Ritchie Valens (born Richard Steven Valenzuela; on 13 May 1941 in Pacoima, California, USA – February 3, 1959) was a Mexican American singer, songwriter and guitarist.
A Rock and Roll pioneer and a forefather of the Chicano rock movement, Valens' recording career lasted only eight months. During this time, however, he scored several hits, most notably "La Bamba", which was originally a Mexican folk song that Valens transformed with a rock rhythm and beat that became a hit in 1958
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Framed - Ritchie Valens
Composers: Lieber, Stoller
Original key: G
From the album the best of Ritchie Valens.
Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses:
G
e|---------------|
B|---5---3-------|
G|---5---3h4-----|
D|-5---5-----5---|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
The chorus. R.V plays single chords, the backing guitar and bass changes to G on 'was' and the D on 'never'
[Verse 1]
G
I was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair
G
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
G
He says "Is your name Henry?" I says "Why sure"
G G7
He says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 C9 C9 G F#7 G7 G7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 C7 F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
[Verse 2]
G
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,
G
There was ten poor souls like me in that line
G
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
G G7
When a stool pigeon walked in and says "That's your man"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
[Verse 3]
G
Well, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me
G
Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
G
He says "Where were you on the night of July 1953?"
G G7
"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
D C#9 D9 C7 C7 G F#7 G7
Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed
Composers: Lieber, Stoller
Original key: G
From the album the best of Ritchie Valens.
Typical riff repeated at beginning of every line of the verses:
G
e|---------------|
B|---5---3-------|
G|---5---3h4-----|
D|-5---5-----5---|
A|---------------|
E|---------------|
The chorus. R.V plays single chords, the backing guitar and bass changes to G on 'was' and the D on 'never'
[Verse 1]
G
I was walkin' down the street, mindin' my own affair
G
When two policemen grabbed me, unaware
G
He says "Is your name Henry?" I says "Why sure"
G G7
He says "You the boy I bin lookin' for"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 C9 C9 G F#7 G7 G7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 C7 F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
[Verse 2]
G
They took him in the line up and let those bright lights shine,
G
There was ten poor souls like me in that line
G
I knew I was a victim of someone's evil plan
G G7
When a stool pigeon walked in and says "That's your man"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed, framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed
D C#9 D9 C7 G F#7 G7
Well, I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed
[Verse 3]
G
Well, the prosecutin' attorney started a'prosecutin' me
G
Man, that cat didn't give me the one, but the third degree
G
He says "Where were you on the night of July 1953?"
G G7
"Man I was just home just a tweedly-dee"
[Chorus]
N.C. B9 C9 G F#7 G7
I was framed oh framed, I was blamed, oh framed, framed, framed,
D C#9 D9 C7 C7 G F#7 G7
Well I never knew nothin, but I always get framed Oh, framed, Oh framed
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