Biography:
Calexico is a Tucson, Arizona based, Americana, Tex-Mex, indie rock, band. The band's two main members, Joey Burns and John Convertino, first played together in Los Angeles as part of the group Giant Sand. They have recorded a number of albums on Quarterstick Records, while their 2005 EP In the Reins recorded with Iron & Wine has reached the Billboard 200 album charts. Their musical style is influenced by traditional Latin sounds of mariachi, conjunto, cumbia, tejano, as well as country, jazz, and post-rock.
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Other songs:
- Across The Wire
- All Systems Red
- All The Pretty Little Horses
- Bisbee Blue
- Cruel
- Epic
- Falling From The Sky
- Father Mountain
- Frank's Tavern
- Maybe On Monday
- Splitter
- Algiers
- Alone Again Or
- Ballad Of Cable Hogue
- Bend To The Road
- Beneath The City Of Dreams
- Better And Better
- Black Heart
- Bridge To Nowhere
- Bullets And Rocks
- Corona
- Crooked Road And The Briar
- Dead In The Water
- Edge Of The Sun
- End Of The World With You
- Feast Of Wire
- Flores Y Tamales
- Follow The River
- Fortune Teller
- Fractured Air
- Franks Tavern
- Garden Ruin
- Gift X Change
- Gilbert
- Green Grows The Holly
- Half A Smidge
- House Of Valparaiso
- Hush
- Landing Field
- Lost In Space
- Low Expectations
- Man Made Lake
- Miles From The Sea
- Missing
- Moon Never Rises
- Music Box
- Nom De Plume
- Not Even Stevie Nicks
- One More Cup Of Coffee
- Panic Open String
- Para
- Puerto
- Quattro World Drifts In
- Red Blooms
- Removed
- Roka
- Service And Repair
- Si Tu Disais
- Slowness
- Spokes
- Sunken Waltz
- Tapping On The Line
- The News About William
- The Ride Part Ii
- The Town And Miss Lorraine
- The Vanishing Mind
- Two Silver Trees
- Victor Jaras Hands
- Voices In The Field
- When The Angels Played
- Windjammer
- Woven Birds
- Writers Minor Holiday
- Yours And Mine
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Calexico – “Fortune Teller”
From the record ‘Algiers’
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
My apologies for any chords incorrectly named. Suggestions/corrections welcome!
CAPO IV
Chords used (from 6th to 1st string):
[Fmaj]: 1-3-0-x-x-x
[Am]: x-0-2-2-1-0
[G]: 3-2-0-0-0-3
[C/G]: 3-3-2-0-1-0
[F/C]: x-3-3-2-1-0
INTRO
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] [C/G] [G] [C/G]
[Am] I was just standing [G] turning [C/G] around
[Am] That’s when they caught me [G] heading [Fmaj] down
[Am] Keep on going [G] don’t look [C/G] away
[F/C] That’s what they [C/G] tell me, that’s [G] what they [C/G] say
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] That’s what they [C/G] tell me, [G] that’s what they [C/G] say
[Am] You’re a pretty thought [G] I [C/G] suppose
[Am] And I’m just trying to hold up [G] as I [Fmaj] go
[Am] And one day I swear I’ll [G] spread my [C/G] wings
[F/C] I’m on my [C/G] way to [G] finer [C/G] things
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] I’m on my [C/G] way to [G] finer [C/G] things
[Am] It wasn’t just me [G] playing those [C/G] games
[Am] Still it’s my own fault [G] just the [Fmaj] same
[Am] I opened [G] up, I [Fmaj] let you [C/G] in
[F/C] Now these [C/G] crystal fields are [G] wearing [C/G] thin
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] I opened [C/G] up I [G] let you [C/G] in
[Am] I’m walking with a [G] fortune [C/G] teller
[Am] I can see my [G] own way [Fmaj] home
[Am] But I don’t like this dark [G] road any[C/G]more
[F/C] And I don’t [G/C] want to be [G] alone for [C/G] long
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] And I don’t [G/C] want to be [G] alone for [C/G] long
[F/C] I don’t want to [G/C] be on this [G] dark road [C/G] alone
From the record ‘Algiers’
Tabs by Tim Prizer ([email protected])
My apologies for any chords incorrectly named. Suggestions/corrections welcome!
CAPO IV
Chords used (from 6th to 1st string):
[Fmaj]: 1-3-0-x-x-x
[Am]: x-0-2-2-1-0
[G]: 3-2-0-0-0-3
[C/G]: 3-3-2-0-1-0
[F/C]: x-3-3-2-1-0
INTRO
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] [C/G] [G] [C/G]
[Am] I was just standing [G] turning [C/G] around
[Am] That’s when they caught me [G] heading [Fmaj] down
[Am] Keep on going [G] don’t look [C/G] away
[F/C] That’s what they [C/G] tell me, that’s [G] what they [C/G] say
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] That’s what they [C/G] tell me, [G] that’s what they [C/G] say
[Am] You’re a pretty thought [G] I [C/G] suppose
[Am] And I’m just trying to hold up [G] as I [Fmaj] go
[Am] And one day I swear I’ll [G] spread my [C/G] wings
[F/C] I’m on my [C/G] way to [G] finer [C/G] things
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] I’m on my [C/G] way to [G] finer [C/G] things
[Am] It wasn’t just me [G] playing those [C/G] games
[Am] Still it’s my own fault [G] just the [Fmaj] same
[Am] I opened [G] up, I [Fmaj] let you [C/G] in
[F/C] Now these [C/G] crystal fields are [G] wearing [C/G] thin
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] I opened [C/G] up I [G] let you [C/G] in
[Am] I’m walking with a [G] fortune [C/G] teller
[Am] I can see my [G] own way [Fmaj] home
[Am] But I don’t like this dark [G] road any[C/G]more
[F/C] And I don’t [G/C] want to be [G] alone for [C/G] long
CHORUS (sing “Ooooo” over first three lines of chords)
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[Fmaj] [G] [C/G]
[Fmaj] [Am] [G] [Am]
[F/C] And I don’t [G/C] want to be [G] alone for [C/G] long
[F/C] I don’t want to [G/C] be on this [G] dark road [C/G] alone
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