Biografía:
Michael Johnson (August 8, 1944 – July 25, 2017), was an American pop, country and folk singer-songwriter and guitarist. He is best known for his 1978 hit song "Bluer Than Blue". He charted four hits on the Billboard Hot 100 charts, and nine more on the Hot Country Songs charts, including two Number One country hits in 1986's "Give Me Wings" and "The Moon Is Still Over Her Shoulder". He also co-wrote "Cain's Blood", the debut single of 1990s country group 4 Runner.
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Glossary:
Arpeggio - playing or singing a chord as a series of individual notes, e.g. Doh Mi Sol
Falseta - a flamenco phrase or run
Fundador - a brand of Spanish brandy
Seguirías - a particularly deep and serious form of flamenco song and instrumental performance
Abuelas - Spanish for grandmothers/old ladies
Vino - wine
Sabicas - first international flamenco guitar superstar (look him up!)
Salvador Dalí - world-famous Spanish experimental artist/painter (ditto!)
EMILIO by Michael Johnson
[INTRO]
Triplets on each chord:
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
E+ E7 E7sus4 E7
Dm/F E7sus4/B
Falseta over 1 bar of
E
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
Emilio lives in an attic
Dm
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars
A7
They harmonize with the sirens
Dm
And mix with that racket downstairs
E7sus4/B E7b9
They wander out into the traffic
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
Emilio's misguided prayers
Played between these verses
Dm E7sus4/B E7b9
[Verse]
Am
The moon is Emilio's mistress
Dm
On her there's no turning his back
E7sus4/B E7b9
Some nights she comes to him naked and cold
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And some nights she only wears black
A7
When the Fundador flows from his bottle
Dm
Somehow there's always a fight
E7sus4/B E7b9
When the moon and the lunatic dance seguirías
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7 Edim7 Dm
Their beautiful music spills into the night and they dance
[Break]
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Bb6
A7b9 Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm
Bb6 A7b9 Dm
Falseta over 1 bar of
F
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
In his dreams he can see the abuelas
Dm
They offer him wafers and wine
E7sus4/B E7b9
Suspicious Emilio measures
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
The vino against the divine
A7
But he never has come to believe them
Dm
Or accepted their Heavenly host
E7sus4/B E7b9
Sabicas and Salvador Dalí
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7
The saint and the sinner he prays to the most
Dm
Emilio lives in an attic
Am
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars
Arpeggio - playing or singing a chord as a series of individual notes, e.g. Doh Mi Sol
Falseta - a flamenco phrase or run
Fundador - a brand of Spanish brandy
Seguirías - a particularly deep and serious form of flamenco song and instrumental performance
Abuelas - Spanish for grandmothers/old ladies
Vino - wine
Sabicas - first international flamenco guitar superstar (look him up!)
Salvador Dalí - world-famous Spanish experimental artist/painter (ditto!)
EMILIO by Michael Johnson
[INTRO]
Triplets on each chord:
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
E+ E7 E7sus4 E7
Dm/F E7sus4/B
Falseta over 1 bar of
E
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
Emilio lives in an attic
Dm
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars
A7
They harmonize with the sirens
Dm
And mix with that racket downstairs
E7sus4/B E7b9
They wander out into the traffic
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
Emilio's misguided prayers
Played between these verses
Dm E7sus4/B E7b9
[Verse]
Am
The moon is Emilio's mistress
Dm
On her there's no turning his back
E7sus4/B E7b9
Some nights she comes to him naked and cold
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And some nights she only wears black
A7
When the Fundador flows from his bottle
Dm
Somehow there's always a fight
E7sus4/B E7b9
When the moon and the lunatic dance seguirías
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7 Edim7 Dm
Their beautiful music spills into the night and they dance
[Break]
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm Bb6
A7b9 Dm
Dm Gm Dm
Dm Gm
Bb6 A7b9 Dm
Falseta over 1 bar of
F
then arpeggio over
E7b9
[Verse]
Am
In his dreams he can see the abuelas
Dm
They offer him wafers and wine
E7sus4/B E7b9
Suspicious Emilio measures
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
The vino against the divine
A7
But he never has come to believe them
Dm
Or accepted their Heavenly host
E7sus4/B E7b9
Sabicas and Salvador Dalí
Am Dm/A A7 Adim7
The saint and the sinner he prays to the most
Dm
Emilio lives in an attic
Am
Plays a flamenco guitar
E7sus4/B E7b9
Arpeggios fall out his window
Dm/A Am7/A Em7/A Am
And roll down the fenders of rusted out cars
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